Recent content by zedhatool

But the problem is that the "facts" you are supporting are exactly the things we are claiming are incorrect. You claim that ICv2 is a better source for sales information than people actually familiar with that information. When we challenged that, your response was to link ICv2's website. That...

It's not "the opinions of a handful of people," it's "the statements of people who had access to the internal sales data of both relevant companies." The idea isn't that ICv2 lied, it's that ICv2 is working from a poor data source, namely self reports by game stores. The report you linked...

Lots of companies spend a lot of money on marketing and don't achieve the kind of industry dominance that Hasbro has. I'm sure marketing plays a role in D&D's success, but given that marketing happens in every industry and centralization does not, I think D&D's dominance comes from the history...

My guess is that its influence results from the fact that D&D is the biggest game in town and—at least in North America—most people's introduction to the hobby. Lots of TTRPG designers got their start playing D&D, and many of them designed third party content for it as well. It would be...

For games where the PCs' occupation is "adventurer," I like the idea that the PCs are not exceptionally gifted, they're exceptionally foolish. Adventuring is dangerous business, and while in principle any old farmer could try to be an adventurer, most farmers are sane enough to recognize that...

I am relatively squeamish about people's inside parts, but I still try to give an interesting description for when one of my players dispatches an enemy, especially when the enemy is important or they land a critical hit. The most gore I would include is something like "your blade strikes true...