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I'm one of the people who got laid off in the oughts by WotC. But the culture has seemed different for a number of years now. Even having left Seattle and moved back to OK, I'd happily consider the right job at WotC nowadays.

I am not burned out. I am also not free to take a sabbatical. I am sharing knowledge common within the industry, that isn't much discussed publicly.

It's even more than that. IF I was making 100k a year, it would mean the Game Companies, large and small, had more money to throw at problems. Archiving art assets takes time. Training people to be managers takes time and money. having staff that can handle more than the creation of products...

It's worth noting that I wasn't avoiding it intentionally. I just didn't know how effective it was, didn't drink, and got tired easily. In many ways, I have reached a level where it has less impact on me. because I get invited to private events, and if I sit in a lobby of a hotel where convetion...

Several, depending on your definition of "major." Mongoose and Pelgrane leap immediately to mind. But even if I had direct knowledge of their situations, I wouldn't call out a specific company without their approval.

More than any other TTRPG person in the same position in the world. Less than anyone with the same skills doing the same job for a video game or movie company of the same profile or size.

I am not a Paizo employee. Haven't been for a year. I am a freelance writer, developer, and consultant. I am the Publisher for Rogue Genius Games. If you want to ask a game company to respond, the one I run is really the only reasonable option. I am not discussing the business practices of any...

My Patreon backs the writing of my blog articles, as the description notes. That's five posts a week. And higher backers get a collected pdf of all my monthly free content (blog posts, facebook posts, twitter, and so on, which runs between 10-25,000 words each month. I'm quite satisfied with...

You'll note I never said showing skin on a woman was sexualizing. I said to to prevent artists from sending me art that DID sexualize woman, I had to tell them to show no skin. Telling them not to sexualize the women, or to make them serious, or fierce, or realistic, never prevented the art I...

The point of this particular hashtag is to inform people just getting started. As for why i am still here? Among other things, I think there is still hope things can improve. And one of the things needed for that improvement is a clear and open conversation about some of the problems.

As a result of the world exploding, I am a few weeks behind. I also had to move this week, from Indiana back to my hometown of Norman, OK. Moving does not make it easy to catch up. My expectation is I'll still get 52 products (well, 208, since it's 52 titles each for 4 game systems) out in 52...

Honestly I'd be delighted to have a large segment of game industry professionals tell me "Oh, that's not our experience at all." But that hasn't been the reaction. Thanks James! Miss you, and everyone else.

We've released the Shadowcaster on the Dungeon Master's Guild. Inspired by the original Tome of Magic class for D&D, this 5e version is written by the original Shadowcaster author, Ari Marmell, and was developed by Dan Dillon, who has gone on to be hired by WotC.

Oh dear lord I look like a nervous 12 year old! May I share that around on social media? And if so, you want me to attribute you as Mees the T'sa? (Ah, Star*Drive... )

As I noted, I didn't know any better. I mean, $500 was more than any of my (tiny) Dragon articles had paid me. I thought maybe there was a sliding scale. It's one reason I like to talk openly about pay rates nowadays, so people have something to compare to.

I am a big believer in credit so, yeah, I'd politely mention it to them. The worst that can happen is they don;t do anything about it, but you won;t get change by not asking either. But if I were you I'd also make sure every project I was on had a contract, and that the contract stipulated I...

Hey Stephen! I wish we had ALL done a better job of keeping in touch! I blush. I suspect they were mostly hammering on the fact I had some Dragon Magazine articles published already. unlike you, however, I never got my adventure from that Workshop ("Bear Hunt") published.