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That’s worrisome. I’m realizing now that I don’t even know who the celebrities and influencers of OSR even are; I don’t follow any talking heads in this sphere (nor in others) so I’m pretty out of the loop about whose voices are perceived as the “leaders” of the OSR. I honestly hadn’t even...

Unfortunately, that’s accurate.

Agreed. The article quoted a researcher on male-dominated social spaces, which doesn’t really illuminate whether that person knows much beyond a cursory understanding of TTRPGs—maybe he’s not very knowledgeable about this hobby but spoke anyway, or maybe he was just misquoted by the journalist.

That PBS article kinda tosses the entire OSR movement under the bus as racist and backward. It lets one person define OSR as “a gaming movement whose players claim they are ‘against outside politics permeating their game space’”, without fact-checking that definition. In fact, OSR is a big-tent...

Here we go again, gang. Buckle up!

BCG’s quadrants, based on the axes of market share and growth potential: “Stars”, “Cash cows”, “Dogs”, and “Question Markets”. Evidently Hasbro sees D&D as a cash cow but wants to move them up to being a star.

I think Tekumel is damaged goods, due to the creator’s attitudes. Even if it’s an influential setting, it’s just one of hundreds now and young people don’t know it… so my guess is it will languish.

Whenever I see “Goodman Games”, I know I’ve gotta slow down my scan and read for whatever new DCC juiciness is coming next

Hah! Well done, excellent shot! I laughed out when I read this.

Fair enough. Perhaps I meant “universe” or “game” more accurately than “setting”. I have definitely avoided licensed products even for franchises that I like, in part because I’ve been let down so many times, and in part it seems like the hobby is absolutely awash in high-PV licensed games that...

I feel a bit bad for GF9, they had licensed minis and D&D tie-ins I think before WizKids did, but WizKids has absolutely exploded in market share.

As interesting as TWD is as a potential setting, I’m fairly burned out on all these licensed settings that often turn out to be kinda mediocre…

The only thing keeping me from buying this the fact that I already own all of it. I’m literally sharing this with everyone I think might actually play it, because it’s a stupidly good deal on an excellent version of D&D. Buy it!! For $25 you’re practically stealing!

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What are “hemispheres”? I see no evidence that this map is for a globe. (Just kidding! Remember kids: “Flat Earth” is an idea that should stay here, in fantasy settings, where it belongs.)

Can you be more specific about what you don’t like about it?

For what it’s worth, my PF2e group spends a lot of time in both Forgotten Realms and Eberron

Minimum 6 players?? Haha that’s my maximum these days.

…This comment offended me in a couple of ways.

I read this as “Ipsos” and immediately though, “Damned survey vultures…”