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BUMP Wow. I discovered this (going on 12 years later) while doing research for a sequence in my novel Lake Geneva Days. Funny how many topics one can discover that discuss you and/or your works! I particularly wish to thank Erik Mona for his "pregnant" compliment about my works as well as...

Thanks for the stepped breakdown!

Well. I see the whole as the same. Without a character you can have no back story, really, because all roads lead back to attaching back story for "What?" Back story assumes there's something that it attaches to and thus without that specific "something" contriving a generalized back story...

It is. They preferred Frazetta and Boris, though I am not sure how many Frank did vs. Boris.

Well. The idea of a trap is to catch people unaware. So I would say that it falling on them is proper enough telegraphing of intent. ;)

That's true. Their height was 150,000 as I noted. Magazine ads are more persistent, though. They are there, the magazine's there as you walk past it in the house. You can take it places (I know, we can walk around with tablets and phones, and thereby connect wherever, but that's not as...

Yes. I understood that. I was wondering why, in this niche market, why other companies, blossoming as they are, might not be advertising as much in WotC's 'zines, electronic or if they were to go print. I circled back to why. Kinda scattershot, I know. It seems that I created an accidental...

Got it. Dragon and Dungeon are not hobbyist magazines, either. Dragon under TSR eventually became a company vehicle, but there was still massive adverts in it up to about 1987/88 where a steep decline in subs/shelf sales occurred (from 150.000 previously to 80,000), this according to their two...

Are you suggesting that WotC's ascendency with D&D is diametrically shrinking the competition? Looking around at all the alternate-to-D&D products being pumped out I find that interesting if true.

Well that's certainly the bean-counter's way of viewing it if that is indeed WotC's position. Having been close to many TSR Dragon editors I know that the ads pay for the magazine, What costs that are not paid for through ads (and subscriptions/shelf copy sales) are absorbed by the company...

Yes. It seems that Williams was no better than the prior leadership. On top of it all, it was really the Random House distribution deal returns that broke their back for good.

That's what makes apples and oranges. Differing POVs are actually good. In the wash, as I imagine my concept, it goes beyond yet secures all. As stated above there's nothing to it but three lone words. But the proof is in the re-imagined details, none of which I'd post here due to my low...

And a sad reminder it is.

LINK: Looks like a roller coaster ride!

I only speak for myself as a designer for the world. As I noted up thread, the idea of a DIY world for each individual DM as opposed to what the designers, including Gary, were doing with it (besides using it as a parking lot for plopped down adventures), such as the GH Wars, FTA excursions and...

Urm. It broke a long established (1975) GDW and ended Chadwick's top-flight multi-award winning game company, so I cannot concur. I get the ironic twist but...

Cool. Some innovative work there and re-imagining going on. I'd have to play a demo-game to really get the feel. I can appreciate systems that can inflate/expand and are more granular and less cut-n-dried linear. Each has its own strength and purpose. In my board game design, Magus (Dragon...

True. She also pursued Gary and his Dangerous Journeys deal with GDW and sued, ultimately causing the latter's ruin. This is why WotC owns all DJ properties as noted up thread.

Thanks for that. I will digest it. I love Dune and read the novel twice.