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  1. AstroCat

    Kyle Brink (D&D Exec Producer) On OGL Controversy & One D&D (Summary)

    Absolutely, you need to grow market share, not lose some to gain some. This is a losing battle, it's the TAM for a reason.
  2. AstroCat

    Kyle Brink (D&D Exec Producer) On OGL Controversy & One D&D (Summary)

    Yes, you can work the TAM but there are more factors that come into play. If it was that simple everyone would sell everything to everyone with success. It's way more complicated than that otherwise brand management wouldn't be a profession. And to the other part, work... you mean that when...
  3. AstroCat

    Kyle Brink (D&D Exec Producer) On OGL Controversy & One D&D (Summary)

    Yes there are many in similar industries that do and I'm eluding to the fact that reality it is much different than the pr commentary.
  4. AstroCat

    Kyle Brink (D&D Exec Producer) On OGL Controversy & One D&D (Summary)

    I'd like to see their analytics that back up the claim that "white" males are still not the largest consumer group for their products. Has he been to any game stores or conventions lately, anecdotally it is still mostly white males of varying ages. For sure a more diverse crowd and a bit closer...
  5. AstroCat

    WotC Walks Back Some OGL Changes, But Not All

    Absolutely, this is the poison pill right there... hiding in plain site. Who's to say what is "inclusive". Fair skinned elves? No trans people in a single module? Etc... Evil bad guy taking slaves the heroes have to free? Etc... it's right there. Evil orcs and goblins? Using the word race? A...
  6. AstroCat

    WotC Walks Back Some OGL Changes, But Not All

    Denying is the not the same as mandatory inclusion. If I don't have every other character in a module be gay or trans, and perhaps not even a single one, will I be rejected for being bigoted. And those perceptions vs stats matter, some of these groups are minuscule portions of the population...
  7. AstroCat

    WotC Walks Back Some OGL Changes, But Not All

    The whole "we only wanted protect D&D from hateful content and NFTs" BS... give me a break... that was not the purpose of this at all. This oozes with disingenuousness to the core. This still has the "big brother" clause on what is and isn't considered inclusive. If you make a module with...
  8. AstroCat

    D&D 5E (2014) Check Out Joy Ang's Alternate Covers for the D&D Gift Set

    Yeah, sorry these are really lame, not inspiring to me at all. :(
  9. AstroCat

    Winter Fantasy 2018 Ticket Trading

    replied to DM.
  10. AstroCat

    Winter Fantasy 2018 Ticket Trading

    We have the following extra for trade/sale: 2 x 240 - DDAO-19 Layers Upon Layers - Tier 2 (Slot 2) 2 x 425 - D&D eXPerience Hulburg GenCon Rerun Track B Looking for: 1 x DDAO 23 - The Long Night (Slot 2) Or... we would trade: 2 x 340 - DDAO-19 Layers Upon Layers - Tier 2 (Slot 3) 1 x DDAO 23...
  11. AstroCat

    D&D 5E (2014) Greyhawk 5e campaign advice?

    Yeah, that is good advice and my gut tells me to go that way, just got a little spooked about over work load... I like @hastur_nz way of basing off of the '83 set and then just referencing the Gazetteer version to flesh out any areas as needed.
  12. AstroCat

    D&D 5E (2014) Greyhawk 5e campaign advice?

    Yeah, I like the idea of the more simple base pre-85 version, which is how I probably most remember the setting, (which also allows all old school modules to be used) but I don't like that it's super sparse and requires more DM time/work. The Gazetteer version is more complicated to convey to...
  13. AstroCat

    D&D 5E (2014) Greyhawk 5e campaign advice?

    Hey, we are going to start a new 5e campaign for our home group, and would like to use Greyhawk as our setting. We play lots of Adventure League Forgotten Realms and just finished the long Ravenloft Curse of Strahd campaign so Greyhawk sounds like a perfect change of pace. A more gritty, sword &...
  14. AstroCat

    Fantasy Grounds Now Offers Free Trial; Plus D&D 5E Basic Rules Now Included In All Licenses

    Always been curious, will be interesting to check it out.
  15. AstroCat

    D&D 5E (2014) The 5E Art is Awesome

    Yeah it's a real mixed bag for me. The PHB has a lot of really awful art in it, in my opinion. The DMG is better and has some really cool imagery in it. For the most part the MM has a lot of nice work as well. I think by far the PHB is the worst of the lot.
  16. AstroCat

    More on SWORD COAST LEGENDS: Campaign Tools & Starting Races

    This sounds absolutely fantastic! Very much looking forward to this game and hoping it has a long life with tons of modules and extras added over time.
  17. AstroCat

    By Crom! Modiphius is Making a New CONAN RPG

    Excited for this and in general the resurgence of popularity for Sword & Sorcery genre.
  18. AstroCat

    D&D 5E (2014) Barbarian Frenzy

    Yeah I was playing my barbarian at GameholeCon over the weekend, and at first I thought Frenzy was like "Stage 2" Rage, but realized after a session that yeah, it's meant to be used when you decide to Rage. You don't get the extra attack until the next turn because the Rage/Frenzy is your bonus...
  19. AstroCat

    D&D 5E (2014) DMG excerpt: random magic item tables

    Agreed, wow, the art (in my opinion) is pretty bad. That headband is ridiculous.
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