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I think adventures are pretty key with a core setting. For starters, if you have it and the player/GM doesn't need it, nothing is lost. But if you need it but don't have it, it might be easier to go onto another, more approachable and complete game, than to persist with one that starts letting...

Lol! You're so British!

The word elegance has been thrown around recently a lot to refer to game mechanics and games systems. For some reason, "elegant" is the thing to be. Considering that the definition of Elegant by the dictionary is "Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner" or also "(of a...

Have you considered submitting your adventures for publication? If there is such amount of crappy material out there, surely we could do with them to keep things fresh!

Yep... I can imagine that being the case. In Spain we awaited eagerly for the latest Dragon as much for the adverts of products that weren't sold around us as for the articles. And we had no other way to find out. Bloody hell, I even applied myself in English so I could read it more easily...

Uhmm... I am not particularly bothered if there are small companies out there. Hey, everyone starts small after all. I have a problem with "companies" that put out crap product, though. You know... I think you might have just highlighted what the problem truly is: One or two online storefronts...

That makes it sound like the publishing industry will be a home-run/amateurs-run business in no time... :(

Do you think if authors and publishers went directly to the public they'd be better off? It just strikes me as very frustrating to work yourself to the bone on a setting or adventure you're passionate about and then struggling to make ends meet. The problem solver in me is struggling to come...

That is very interesting! Do you think it is because there are too many products out there?

During the the last thread I started recently, the guys at Bedrock Games asked about what could be done, specially by smaller companies to promote their products, since it can be an expensive endeavour. Usually my posts are critical, mainly because I am an opinionated sod and I like...

I'm going to give him credit in launching this. It is totally wacky and different. OK, he's been a fool at some point, but let's not concentrate on that. We all are fools at some point or another. I will be watching in interest and hoping it works out well!

True that. Very true, and yet you hardly see them joining forces to grow the hobby. At least in Europe. I don't know if they do in the USA. If they do, I'd be very interested in hearing what sort of initiatives they go for. Oh, I am well aware of how close workers from a company are to...

As much as I agree with that principle, I can't see WotC (or many other companies) implementing it. I'd love them to, but I somewhat just can't see that happen. Must be the cynic in me. From where I'm standing, corporations tend to get greedy and selfish and cooperation is not something they do...

This is a bit too off topic for the thread I feel. I'll keep what you say in mind, even though I don't agree with all of it.

I'm not familiar with the book. Could you give some insight as to how it relates to the thread? (It'd be quicker than me reading the book when I've finished with the queue of books I currently have...). Thank you.

Looking at it that way, I'd say Paizo has positioned itself to become the category leader for a while now, probably even become so. DnDNext feels like WotC attempt to regain that position.

The meaning I gave to promote is the meaning in the dictionary: To help or encourage to exist or flourish. The extent of the application of the promotion is a different thing altogether. If it is becomes annoying is because the person is annoying, not because promoting something has to be.

Maybe for me is that I know a lot of the amazing people who make a living out of writing, editing, illustrating and publising games and I don't want that to end. Still, you obviously don't care, and I obviously am not going to try to make you care, so we've reached a stale mate.

Driving friends and co-workers nuts? Convince them to play? Not sure how "talk to your colleagues about it" has, all of a sudden, "drive them nuts and be in their face". Isn't there a middle point in which you can just talk about it without doing any of that?

Just in case anyone is interested in hearing the original conversation I had that sparked my thoughts on this, the link to the podcast is: Is it WotC’s responsibility to bring people to the hobby? » I have also added it to the body of the original post, but just in case that's not conspicuous...