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A few days ago I came across an ad from the early 1990s for the boardgame Space Crusade, a collaboration between Milton Bradley and Games Workshop similar to HeroQuest. What struck me immediately was that I couldn't recall the last time I had seen a board game advertised on television. I used...

Have we gone this far in the thread without mentioning Paranoia? Alpha Complex is run by Friend Computer, whom we love, because he loves us and not because failure to love Friend Computer is treason. Friend Computer can't do everything by himself, not that I mean to imply Friend Computer...

I would expect the hobby to shrink quite a bit as well. Even if a bunch of games try to fill the large shoes of D&D, if you're a retailer, which one do you stock? I know there's the internet, I've certainly learned about games here at En World, but you're going to see fewer people in games...

I suspect making your product compatible with "the world's great role playing game" you gain a built in audience. There are a significant number of gamers who are hesitant to venture out into other games for a variety of reasons.

What the hobby needs now is love, sweet love. -- Burt Bacharach, American Game Designer Truly, I think the hobby needs to move away from hanging all their hopes and dreams on D&D. I'm no hater, I'm currently running a D&D campaign and expect it'll always be a part of my life so long as I'm...

And my giantess is completed! Originally I planned on putting tattoos all over her face o make a giant goth, but after painting the flesh tones and having her look like a California girl, I changed my mind about the tats. So this miniature will appear in my next D&D scenario. She’s a...

I don't typically play in public because it's noisy and distracting. It's bad enough at my local store's game days on account of the noise.

I'm too embarrassed to admit that. So I'm just going to flip over the table and pretend like I'm the aggrieved party.

This is what makes conventions and game days at your local game store so fun. While I don't hang out with younger people on a regular basis, I've been absolutely delighted to run games for younger people, especially when they're rather new at the game. Everything is new to them and they often...

That may certainly be true. But this whole thread is about what the hobby needs. So anything suggested here is by definition not currently produced.

I want that memorial keychain. Despite all the years I played BattleTech, I can't remember ever doing anything with Solaris. Looks like some fun though.

I'm taking that into account. From a business standpoint, at least long term, I don't know if it was a good idea to turn over those smaller projects to other companies. It helped lead to the creation of D&D's biggest rival, Pathfinder. If it was a mistake for TSR to compete with themselves by...

If they're losing money on adventures I can understand ceasing production. But even if they're not the most profitable product, they provide a relatively inexpensive proving ground for new writers, new ideas, and new intellectual property that might still be in use decades later. Pathfinder...

I think of that as a new version of the RPGA. It's just not the same as walking into your local hobby shop and seeing Against the Giants or Keep on the Borderlands on the shelf next to the other D&D books.

I thought WotC made a mistake when they decided to stop publishing individual adventures. Not only are these adventures a great way to teach DMs how to structure a scenario, but they're a relatively inexpensive way to develop new intellectual property the company could potentially use decades...

It probably won't be exactly what you want. But then I wonder how well any of those books sold compared to other books from their respective product lines. If I'm a publisher, how many resources do I devote to producing a book for a very limited audience for what is already a niche product...

Haven't various games released these kinds of books in the past? Cyberpunk 2020 had Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads!!!! from way back in 1994 which went over how to plan a campaign, including consulting the players about what they want (players get an opinion?), how to maintain a certain...