This is the Yin-Yang of economic theory: what's better, higher wages or lower prices? Lower prices create greater demand, which increases employment. Higher wages gives greater buying power, which also increases demand...and increases employment. Unless higher wages cause lower employment due to...
I don't blame you in the least. What's happening is terrible. If you are Canadian (I think you are?) please accept my apology on behalf of the Americans who want nothing to do with this insanity.
It is good for them, and good for those of us who play their game and buy their products. But I can tell you, since my wife has books being printed in China, that the IP theft there is endemic. It's not a bug: it's a feature. The less US business China gets, the better.
If you watch Kelsey Dionne's West Marches video on the Youtube, she gives a shout out to the BROSR faction, as well as their leader, Jeffro Johnson. Around 40 minutes in.
I'm reading through the rulebook now for the first time (it's lovely). I am seeing a lot of Dungeon Crawl Classics DNA for sure. It seems like a simple, but elegant, system for a fun TTRPG. Also, the person who made is just...nice. Like, a nice human. Glad I grabbed it!
FR5 The Savage Frontier (TSR 1988). I read this to tatters when I was living in Maine and experiencing deep northern winter. It is still my favorite supplement. The cover art by Larry Elmore is incredible.
Howard's ability to evoke a sense of the weird is unparalleled, in my opinion. I have found his writing to be deeply immersive in a way that few others can match. I live in the Conan stories when I read them, which is why I read them again and again.