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Yeah, we don't like that about you, either. ;) Everyone has their financial Achilles heel; if you are lucky, its only one or two. And I suspect Electric Basses retain some value over time, while TTRPG products have the investment potential of fresh milk.

I disagree about the hobby being silly. TTRPGs are grounded in the story-telling tradition that is as old as Mankind. However, like other forms of literary expression, individual components and concepts can be, and are, childish. But as you have noted, the choice at the table level, which is...

Yeah, jumping on a bandwagon is not a wise formula in the hobby, but its common.

Doubtful. It has to be located within a suitable power grid and zoning area, and building costs are steep these days.

True. But there are degrees throughout the hobby.

Not a lot of profit in bones, sadly. RPGs are a tricky product; not many hobbies exit where a percentage, possibly more than half, of the participants will buy the product. I do competitive tactical shooting as my primary hobby, and have for decades, and the buy-in never ends; I've many...

That assassin portrayal was the core of my opinion that assassins in TTRPGs are silly.

Keeping it on a TTRPG level, I view the classic D&D concept of assassins to be very silly.

That was back in the 80s, but Claw Law, if used property, gave creatures a decent variety of options. And of course, RM was rife with optional rules.

This is the path to wisdom.

A sales axiom that has been true throughout the ages.

It wasn't snarky, I assure you. One man's callous is another man's realism.

I can't relate, having always used systems that made concerns such as that unnesessary.

The arts are a tough gig. You can laugh, you can cry, but in the end, the outcome is the same. For every artist, actor, writer, etc, that sees success, a dozen starve. Its even worse for poets.

Never. They didn't try. Facts are facts. Whether you agree or not does not change them. Give the extreme rarity of outside assassinations, there is a dearth of examples. Contrary to Hollywood, secrets are hard to keep. National leaders, killed by an outside power? One or two in 1600s Middle...

Harn can be run entirely on nobles endless scheming; its incredibly detailed, but firmly feudal rather than medieval. Still, you have succession crisis's, religious schisms, national pressures, and good old land claim disputes. Grognards of the system play for years and never leave the same 5...

The problem is that brief periods of prosperity has raised the expectations of game designers. The fine old tradition of starving artists has fallen by the wayside, and the world is poorer for it.

If you're basing it on Lost, its neither original, nor yours. Lost IP is still copyrighted, and the owners aggressively defend their rights. Just sayin'.

Oy. So you're upset that people are using their property in the way they think best, and not the way you think they should do it? Or, and here's a thought, the owners keep their property, and the fans can get over it. Or just adjust the material for their own tables, where copyright law is...

That particular one wasn't clearing the matter for me. I couldn't imagine how you thought that after talking for hours each week for years would somehow leave me unable to recognize someone's voice. But it occurred to me that you might think that online gaming was text-based, which could...