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Yeah, I found that very disappointing and, of course, those older than that. If you are a boomer or genX and still playing, you are also a lot less price sensitive, but also more likely to want a large print book.

That makes sense, but there remains preponderance of evidence from multiple sources. Consider for example, a comparison of memory vs a written diary from the time. The diary could be given more weight because it was closer to the time in which the evidence was gathered, but there's no guarantee...

Outside of this hobby of ours, historians often come into conflict on the presentation of historical events. Sometimes it is a matter of interpreting of the events themselves or, the repackaging of events for conveying a specific interpretation that is important to the historian.

It likely is a reflexive action to anyone using the word 'renegade' in a product name or trademark and not particularly noteworthy. The GTA trade dress though is.

A product is innovative based on if it is an unexpected improvement and if it results are successful. Something that is new but a market flop is unsuccessful, and its expression is not innovative, even though the intent or idea was seemingly innovative. A product can be innovative without being...

Yes, that's a shame. They didn't need the padded forehead treatment.

There are already sites like Shapeways that lets you upload STL or other 3d files, then generate money from 3d "prints". I don't see 3D printing 'upending' anything at this point. It is giving mini companies a much more cost effective way to prototype, so it has produced value for the...

I think that Gandalf is less "None Shall Pass" and more "Guess what's on the menu, and it ain't Hobbit or chicken!" There is a load of great material out there from the ICE days if you can find it. Id be inclined to use that and just convert. I dont' think I have the energy now to run a...

Not exactly new - I saw these in Powell's Books a few weeks ago. If you need reading glasses for small print, grab your glasses - they are scaled down. I am far more enthusiastic about the Dungeon Crawl Classics 4th Printing Softcover edition. The price is virtually the same, and its full...

There is a really, really vocal crowd of "No Spec" folk who love to jump in threads like this. You should be happy its only within the tiny RPG industry that this is being discussed. I see a lot worse in G+, deviantart, various pro 3d forums and the like.

Did you do an update or your original post? I just re-read it and found it extremely useful, and well, its been a year :-)

There could be a clause that allows for automatic assignment, or maybe if both parties agree. From the outside, we can only speculate. My experience in licensing (which is in the tech and content market, not in rpgs or books) is that, unless the licensee is bringing a whole lot to the table...

This really doesn't mean a thing. Any time I have seen a company sold like this (assuming more than just the assets are changing hands), its followed by radical change in the following 6-12 months or so - no matter how calmly people say otherwise. The buying company often wants to recoup the...

I think another take-away from this article is the competence in the book publishing industry doesn't necessarily translate to managing and shipping a software product or service.

Explaining simple market economics doesn't seem to be be enough for some people, Steve ;-) A lot of professional artists and writers work in different markets based on the benefits of those markets. The tabletop RPG market is an extremely tiny market. If you are well known and have a good...

Oh man, not Orc-bans sun glasses again!?!? :)

3D printing isn't here as a solution because 3D printing is vastly more complicated than 2D printing. To get a digital 3d model to print correctly on a 3d printer, you have to make sure its built correctly. There are some automated tools that will flight check your 3D model for this, but they...

There are a lot of insights in this article, yet I do not feel completely pandered to, so am unsatisfied ;-) Companies market and sell, and they find new ways to be better at it - they have always been that way. It has become easier and easier to figure out what people like with better metrics...

Complete with Demonic La-Z-Boy.

Ill never accept the bull-in-the-china-shop Orcus. Bring back fat, extra goaty Orcus getting his belly rubbed down by succubi while he eats pork rinds in front a TV set. That's the real Orcus...