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I believe in the Games Workshop rule of thumb. Don't stop raising prices when customers start complaining. Stop raising them when customers stop buying. The threshold for the former is often much lower than the threshold for the latter. If, three years ago, I told you that every RPG WotC...

I may be working from faulty data. The last update I saw from a reputable 3rd party estimate was that sales of EQ were slightly higher than .5m units. If sales volume is 1m units, it will take a couple of years for the 3e PHB to pass EQ. On the other hand, it's possible that the Sony figure...

It's not that good. It will require a very sophisticated user to set up and manage effective scenarios - not a sophisticated DM, but someone with actual software development experience (because all the stuff in the engine is scripted behaviors). The game is essentially Diablo on steroids...

I think there's already been a significant winnowing, but most people haven't seen it. I was, at one point, tracking announced d20 products vs those that actually shipped, and starting around October of last year, started seeing more and more not come to market. I attributed that to people...

Re: Conversion Doc clarifications (sorry, kind of long) The question was asked by Jester about how the policy relates to converting ESDs "in whole, or in part". My opinion is that the policy isn't designed to support conversions "in part". It envisions a complete conversion of a whole...

Re: Not deadly clear, rewrite the document. I have a unique perspective on the document. I wrote much of it (though the final version is mostly a paraphrasing of a more detailed license text submitted in draft form to WotC, and doesn't represent my verbatim text). Here's the deal, in a...

Bingo. If you want to use the d20 logo, WotC wants you to be promoting sales of its products. That's the quid-pro-quo.

That's not what the change is going to do. It's going to require the use of a standard, WotC referencing statement if you use the D20 System Trademark License. If all you use is the OGL, you aren't bound by any of the terms in the Trademark License. Ryan

In the winter of 1997, I traveled to Lake Geneva Wisconsin on a secret mission. In the late fall, rumors of TSR's impending bankruptcy had created an opportunity to made a bold gamble that the business could be saved by an infusion of capital or an acquisition with a larger partner. After a...