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I don’t want to make too many predictions... What I think will happen is marred very much by my innate bitter cynicism and my desire to see Paizo flourish. I think Pathfinder 2 will do okay, but not quite be as successful as PF1’s unexpected triumph. It will likely have a solid sales spike at...

Well, Hawkeye was retired already. So he returns to retirement with his family and has an "end". Back to retirement really. (Although, they're talking about a mini-series on Disney+ to pass the Hawkeye torch to Kate Bishop.) Hulk... is smart and lost an arm. So he's likely just being a scientist...

Endgame... So many thoughts. I wept openly after "Avengers Assemble". I'd wanted that line in the movies for ages and felt a little slighted we didn't get it in Age of Ultron. But, man, this made it worth it. So amazing. The focus on the characters and giving so many of the Avengers an...

I doubt I'll watch season 3 of Discovery. I gave it two chances. And while it improved in a lot of ways on season 2, the writers just don't seem to know their Star Trek and the plotting and characterization is just terrible. It's a terribly, terribly planned show. It was excusable in the first...

Watched the finale. Because I need to "finish" things. I was amused by Philippa Georgiou's defeat of Control. Because I've been repeatedly referring to her as "Space Hitler" this whole season. Cause she is. Being the former leader of a fascist state responsible for innumerable deaths and the...

There's two big reasons for that. The first is they want to retain most of their audience. They're hoping a large percentage of their fans will switch from Pathfinder 1 to Pathfinder 2. And the best way to do that is by keeping Pathfinder 2 very similar to Pathfinder 1. Which seems fairly...

I think it was Zardnaar that pointed out Paizo's profits around their peak in 2013 was around 12.7 million (growing from $4.4 million in 2009) with said RPG market being 15 million.But that includes novels, minis, and some other licences. So at it's peak, Paizo was probably half the RPG market...

Paizo’s fans are loyal, but they also listen and engage with the company. If Paizo’s staff is honest and comes out and says “we don’t support Edition wars, because we’re all gamers, and these products aren’t coming at the expense of Pathfinder products” or even “the fans have been asking for 5e...

I discussed this a lot in a thread in the Pathfinder sub forum, where I was discussing 5e conversions and monsters books for Pathfinder. I loved the idea, as Pathfinder’s APs are significantly stronger than WotC’s adventures. BUT As someone pointed out on that thread, the time to do so would...

Plus all the NPCs. And likely anything from Bestiary 2 or Tomb or Horrors Complete that were included.

Well, that's the funky thing. At no point did WotC purposely stop listening to their fans. During the late days of 3e, WotC just fell into the habit of listening to the forums and believing that the loud people online and the staff at WotC were representative of the fanbase as a whole. That how...

Of course they shouldn’t use fifty years old sets!!! But that doesn’t mean the design aesthetic shouldn’t be similar. Which later episodes of Discovery seem to do quite well, updating the classic bridge better than the movies did. The revamped bridge was AMAZING. Had they should similar care...

I am curious enough to keep watching. But after the set-up and combat, the third episode really needs to focus on the cast getting to know each other: names being exchanged and intraparty dynamics established. With the mystery of the keys being introduced it feels the hook and plot has started...

It’s probably telling that following the big explosive season finale and huge status quo change... what most people are calling for is a Pikerprise series.

You're right. DS9 wins. The first four episodes of DS9 are amazing. Emissary is the best pilot of any Star Trek show, setting up the conflicts and personalities of all the cast. You walk out of that not just knowing what the story of the series will be, but the interactions, dynamics, and...

For me there are a couple different reasons. One, is that I write a lot of stuff for a Star Trek Adventures fansite (https://continuingmissionsta.com/) and keeping up with Star Trek is part of that voluntary "job", in case I want to stat out new ships or races or technology. Second, I have a...

Looks like some forum shuffling is in the works here, with more subforums and tagging going on. The old threads not yet being moved over yet.

Looks like it will be in the future for a while: https://io9.gizmodo.com/alex-kurtzman-talks-the-motivation-behind-that-moment-i-1834190233 Still, what will they do when they don’t have nostalgia to fall back on as a crutch?