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Sorry - maybe was misunderstood. The original poster said "there should be a barrier to entry", then said "my store only orders d20 products from this select list of publishers we trust". That >is< a barrier to entry. And it is a barrier that is spreading rapidly. The days when any...

Question asked, question answered. Ryan

How about "most players of D&D are older than 18?" How about "people who DM spend more money than people who just play?" How about "people who play with miniatures spend more money on the RPG hobby than people who do not?" How about "more people play with homebrew settings & campaigns than...

My vote: Battlestar Gallactica Especially with the announcement yesterday that Battlestar is going to be a series on the SiFi channel and is going into immediate production with new episodes scheduled for late 2004. That announcement could explain the last minute delay that Mongoose is...

Went to TSR. Determined what needed to be done to get product flowing again. Got that done. Ryan

I judge WotC's handling of D&D by three criteria: 1) Do they make products that I, as a gamer, would want to buy? 2) Do they stand up for the hobby and defend it as a positive, healthy, acceptable form of entertainment? 3) Are they managing the overall business to add value to the player...

OP also handles the Alderac Entertainment Group's tournament system for Legend of the Five Rings, Warlord, Humaliens and InitialD. We are also operating the tournament system for Fast Forward Entertainment's CrossGen CCG. We've got a couple of other deals in the works that haven't been...

Well, I don't think we're "making" anyone do anything. Scenarios go into the library for use by sanctioned RPGA events for approximately a year before they'll appear in print for sale. During that time, people who play them have a chance to tell us what they liked and didn't like about them...

I think those are legitimate issues, but there's certainly nothing "secret" about the details. Let me respond point by point. Living City is a commercial venture. We licensed it from Wizards of the Coast because we think we can make a profit running it. Over the past two years that has...

In general, I would say "easy". The specific issues involved will be how much of the Living City/Vast backstory an individual scenario utilizes. Most of the High Level scenarios start in Ravens Bluff and then send you elsewhere to play for the bulk of the scenario. That "elsewhere" may be...

Sorry it took me so long to respond to this thread - I've been on the road at Dragon*Con over the holiday weekend and am just now getting caught up with my correspondance. The High Level scenarios we're going to be publishing are unique because they're actually played by a large number of very...

I'm modifying my revised proposal to deal with the issue of the confidentiality of the Special Masters. Originally, my intent in keeping their identity secret was to avoid problems they might experience with future employers (or other kinds of relationships) based on the choices they make when...

After getting a lot of feedback on the section of my proposal involving the selection of the products to be included on the Final Ballot, I am making the following revision to improve the overall proposal: Selection of Products for the Final Ballot ------------------------------------------...

The following is a proposal I intend to submit to GAMA and the Academy for review. Following the widespread dissatisfaction with this year's ORIGINS Award process, I believe rapid, significant change is necessary to rebuild the stature and interest in the Awards that is required to make them...

When designing anything that affects a save DC, the target that should be considered when determining rule balance is the target most likely to be affected by the spell. That means that in the case of a spell with a Fort save, the conspicuous target is a character with a "bad" Fort Save. "Bad"...

I have no doubt whatsoever that if Wal*Mart stocked the core 3E books, the intro adventure game and maybe the first two Adventue Path adventures, they'd find that the line generated more dollars per linear inch than any other book product in the store except >maybe< certain major hardcover...

The data reflected the play patterns of people who reported playing D&D once a month or more often. The thing I found most interesting was how often the groups indicated they underwent a "restart"; the figure was something around a year (I don't recall the exact number of months). Based on the...

Let me summarize my opinion on this matter: For most products, there is a range of prices normally used by publishers, which vary about about $5 +/- for a given class of product (cover type, page count, color interior, etc.) My opinion is that there is very little price sensitivity within each...

The OGF web site is pretty much my last priority item, because the content it serves is not very critical to anyone's daily needs. With WotC hosting the "official" versions of the various SRD sections, the OGF site is redundant. For now, because there are so many other projects I've got to...

Almost universally in the hobby gaming industry the US retailers get between 40 and 45% off of SRP. Because most retailers can qualify to order directly from WotC and GW if they want to, most "real" game stores get up to another 5% off when they buy direct from the publishers or engage in...