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Ho hum... I keep waiting to see something inspiring. As a DM all I see are more rules/headaches that I have to say "no" to.

Where Dungeon occupies a solid position in the gaming industry, Dragon is flailing around searching for its own identity. It has been largely hit and miss. The Age of Worms tie-ins have definitely been cool and I have almost bought a couple copies entirely for that, but most of the stuff...

It might come off as arrogant but he is absolutely right. The proliferation of stuff has fragmented the industry leading to a lack of any sort of standardization. For retailers this creates a broader spectrum of slower moving product driving up inventory cost and creating a very confusing...

I think for the great majority of D20 publishers Charles Ryan is absolutely right. WOTC has an incentive to build the system, whereas the great majority of publishers only need to profit off of it regardless of whether you negatively affect things like game balance, DM burnout, etc. All the...

In all honesty, that's a fair comment. I don't have a bunch of detailed data, though, I really wish I did. I have my intuition, my professional opinion, and evidence I see on the street. I just hope someone out there whether that be GAMA or WOTC is looking at the long term metrics, as well as...

You would have to look at the ROI but you could use online direct mail, direct mail, contextual online advertising, search engine marketing, sample bag programs, point of purchase displays at targeted retailers, etc. The point I was trying to make though is there is a lot more that could be...

Let's not be silly here. Not being a company myself of course I don't have raw data no more than the next guy does. However, if I see something that can be improved I'm going to say something about it, especially if it is an area I know something about. The Basic Game would be a lot more...

For me personally, I wouldn't balk at a $25 price tag for the Basic Game for someone who has never played D&D before it might seem like a lot to invest in something where I don't have a stake. I'm just saying the Basic Game should be more a form of marketing where you lower the barriers to new...

I would argue that many campaign settings, systems, etc. have waxed and waned according to providing some minimal level of quality module support. Name one setting that has remained popular without any modules designed for it?

That data is plenty actionable just not to all gaming companies. For instance, what activities can WOTC or GAMA do to aid with group formation, new player recruitment, DM satisfaction levels, etc. I'd argue there is a good deal that can be done to move the needle on those things very cost...

Here are a couple more ideas before I have to run to work... 1) Support and _manage_ an online player registry and use it to support online surveys for the industry. This could be done very cost effectively for a couple hundred per survey. Zoomerang and SurveyMonkey are both very cheap but...

So if all these things were tanking, how profitable do you think the industry would be? I'm saying most publishersiare only paying attention to sales and not the health of the overall industry. Someone needs to pay attention to this whether and industyr organization, etc. to the state of the...

Oh come now. Its not that hard. Several of these metrics could be supported by a representative market research panel. For a company like WOTC at the very least they should be paying attention to these sorts of things or perhaps an industry organization like GAMA.

Over the years I have seen a lot of people talk about the sales for different products was the only indicator of success for the roleplaying industry. However, I think that just looking at sales is very short-sighted and will ultimately hurt the industry in the long run. For the health of the...

That is the key. A lot of what has been lacking in WOTC adventures is stuff that is particularly memorable. The adventures seemed to be an afterthought. Yet whether homebrew or prepared adventure _memorable_ roleplaying experiences are what create gamers for life. If you give them an...

I don't think I commented on their financial condition, just the products they put out. Some of the stuff that Bioware has been putting out is also good. However, that doesn't get away from the fact Infogrames puts out really poor quality D&D licensed products.

The five failures of WOTC... 1) Failure to adequately support DMs with tools and time-saving material with an edition that is quite a bit more difficult to administer. When you neglect your DMs eventually you will have less people running the game. Declining DM base will lead to an eventual...

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Due to some scheduling conflicts I am looking to add a couple more players to my game in North Orange County. Contact me if you are interested... ishowind@yahoo.com