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If the system really didn't matter then they wouldn't keep insisting on only D&D... The hard truth is that the majority of people that play D&D will only ever play D&D. They feel "invested" in D&D, and that learning "other games" will be work. It's really not. The time spent really learning...

Good for you! This is something that should be done by far more GM's. We run the games. I will gladly take a reduction in play, if it means that I can enjoy the type of games that are fun for me. When it comes to: I look at "other systems" like apple products at their peak under steve...

I cannot fathom why someone would run only ONE RPG that often, for a decade... I simply cannot relate, as it is entirely beyond the scope of my experience to comprehend. My Star Wars campaign just ended after five years - but that was once a week, where I was a player in other rotating RPG's...

You are correct. This is an example of Bad design. I agree. My reply was specifically directed at bringing skills in-line with the OP's expectations vs. D&D's magic system... Outside of that: These questions about skills being seen as random vs combat or magic is a discussion that only D&D...

That is because "Magic Spells" in D&D are essentially a form of reliable technology. Because this: The only way to reconcile the two disparate systems it to change one to work like the other. You either give spells a casting roll vs AC or a DC, making them more unreliable. (Good luck selling...

Non-D&D Skill based RPG's with skill systems that work basically exactly the same way do not get critiqued for this. It's just not an issue. I think that it is more of a thing in D&D because of the way PC's combat ability and HP scales in comparison to D&D's tacked on skill system. There is...

But what does that mean in terms of dollar revenue? Nobody Knows. It is not a stretch to assume that Hasbro was getting a cut of that "doing extremely well" VoD/Streaming money. Yet they still took a $25 million dollar write down on the film... So until we have actual revenue numbers, we...

Exactly. Which is why drawing conclusions on how "well" a particular film may or may not be doing from other VoD/Streaming metrics without that information is nothing but pure speculation.

Untrue. When others were saying that HaT was on track to be a flop at the box office; they were told that without actual numbers they were just speculating, making things up, etc,... Demand for the actual box office numbers to back up assertions was constant. So either admit you are just...

My games are split three ways: R: For action and violence. Gladiator/Braveheart levels. PG13: For general language and themes. Any "Adult" fare is hinted at; not explicitly described. Fade to Black: For the sexytime.

Untrue. You keep citing streaming performance as evidence that HaT must be "doing well" on the back end. I am merely asking you to back up your insinuation that HaT's streaming ranking = monetary success: By providing actual streaming revenue numbers for Honor Among Thieves. Or you can just...

There is a reason we use the words about and around when using the traditional metric. But it does still get you in the ballpark: Why does it need to be so high at 400m with a 100m budget? Likely because with 1.5x2, it needed to make at least around 300m to break even. With Nolan's special...

Empirically untrue. Post "Pandemic": Variety: Oppenheimer reportedly had a production budget of around 100 million: Avatar2 reportedly had a production budget of around $460 million: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/james-cameron-avatar-2-turn-profit-box-office-1235480925/ Deadline...

Probably because the HaT action figures are not impressing anyone. They are all being sold at discount rates by nearly everyone. If they do anything for BG3, it'll be for the adult 'special edition' collector market.

Given the above quotes we know that HaT marketing budget was $62 million. 62 + 151 = 213 Million total cost. Metrics say the film had to do around $426 million at the box office to break even. It did $208.2 million total worldwide. It needed around 217 more to break even. When we back out...

D&D as a Brand has also been growing on its own every quarter as well recently... This is why I have doubts about attributing the significant year-on growth to the D&D film: I find it hard to make a correlation between a lackluster film that struggled to attract casual audience eyeballs, yet...

They do make a mention: https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54787/wotc-digital-gaming-down-q2 A healthy bump in Digital Revenue could account for an overall 74% jump. Digital has big ROI for the D&D brand. There's a reason that they are bullish on BG3 for next quarter. That game has the...

No actual proof of that whatsoever. Did any Hasbro or Wotc exec say anything to that effect? Is there an established metric that can be pointed to to back this claim up? If not, then this is pure speculation and spin. How well? Revenue numbers in dollars please.

Please provide the Honor Among Thieves streaming revenue numbers that show this assumption to be correct. You have no evidence to make this connection. Please cite the hard numbers that empirically show this. Hasbro did explicitly say that they did a $25m write down because HaT did not bring...

For Who? Do you have the Hard numbers for Revenue in dollars for D&D Honor Among Thieves. What does that mean for Revenue in dollars? What does that mean for Revenue in dollars? It's also common knowledge that they only get around 50% of VoD rentals. We know that HaT Lost Money for...