D&D 5E 3rd party publishers and 5E

Morrus · Jan 24, 2019

Sacrosanct said:
I don't think anyone is disagreeing that Eberron is, and has been for a long time, 1st party. I think the point is getting lost. The reason I brought it up in the first place was in the context of people who refuse to look at 3PP because they assume fan creation is automatically of poor quality or so much of it is garbage they can't find any good stuff and can't trust any reviews. And in that context, Eberron (a beloved setting by many if not by me) was a fan creation outside of WotC, and thus that attitude is flawed. That was the point I was getting at, and with the way internet discussions go, it delved into pedantic back and forth when the point got lost.

And outside of Eberron, I think we can all agree that 3PP have put out some really great stuff, just as good if not better than WoTC, like ToB, or AiME.

I don't think it's a big problem. We do just fine with our third party products. There's enough of an audience out there. We don't need to sell as many as WotC does to make a decent profit and pay the bills. And from what I hear from DMsG staff (we're not on DMs Guild), some of the sellers on DMsG are doing waaaaay better than many first-party game publishers. Those who make good products and develop a good rep can do just fine.

TwoSix · Jan 24, 2019

Elfcrusher said:
1st Party and 3rd Rate

D&D 5E 3rd party publishers and 5E

Morrus

Well, that was fun

TwoSix

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