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It's interesting to speculate though. I spent decades in the automotive industry and remember when most Americans couldn't imagine a...
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Not to turn this thread into a discussion of history, but while nobody could predict the day, the collapse of the Soviet Union was a...
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If D&D ever gets dethroned as the #1 RPG, it's probably going to come as quite a surprise like the death of hair metal or the collapse...
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The point wasn't that D&D can't fail... it was that D&D can't fail and have some other game take its place. If D&D is dying out... its...
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this is probably the most reasonable response to the OP. Definitely a "shift in power", but does that spell then end? Probably not...
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Isn't that what Critical Role is actively doing? They started with a podcast, then got a TV show (Vox Machina), now they have a TTRPG...
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That's completely incorrect. It's the actual opposite of the truth.
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You don't even need the best designers. Just spend enough money on marketing, you'll be #1. The product itself is almost irrelevant to...
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The magic formula is MONEY. Spend money on the best available designers you could find then advertise and market the living HELL out of...
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In all fairness though, those were never traditions. They were elements of the game, most of which never survive the next edition...
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Isn't this pretty much exactly what happened in the late 90s/pre-3e era? People keep talking about the 4e/Pathfinder thing, but seem to...
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Even if WotC didn't walk back on their attempt to cancel the OGL and still went through with it, it wouldn't have changed Dungeons &...
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Absolutely. I always advocate for smaller companies. I meant an end of an era for D&D specifically, if folks here are correct and...
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Ah, the end of paper. Haven't they been predicting that for 40 or so years now?
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