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I don't even see them doing that. They've been very vocal on their concerns that "required" updates to the core rules splinters the fan base and puts a sort of pressure on people to have to buy books over again. The revised ranger died because they were adamant that they would never sunset an...

I unfortunately lost some players when the pandemic hit. They tried to power through it for a few weeks, but it quickly became clear to them that it just wasn't the same experience. The in-person social interaction was crucial to them, so it became a matter of it just not being worth it. I'm not...

Or how about both? My jaw dropped when I saw that new "life story of Critical Role" book right on the end cap in Target. LOL If everyone had that same reasonable perspective on things, the Internet would be a much quieter place! LOL

There's almost zero chance that we'll see an actual new edition of the game within that time frame. Quite frankly, I'd be surprised if we saw one within double that amount of time. While I'm curious to see whether the controversies that surrounded Dungeons & Dragons and Wizards this past year...

How would WotC would go about making new rules presented in an optional sourcebook required...?

I've never actually seen that 3.5E one, but the ones shown from 1E and 2E are rebrandings rather than intentionally designed alternate covers released alongside the originals, as you noted. I'm coming from the lens of the comic book world where often limited run designs are released at the same...

Yeah that wasn't so much an alternate cover as a complete redesign of the branding. But just to be clear when I was talking about alternate covers I was referring to special covers that were released with more limited availability at the same time as the original covers so redesigned later...

I'm going to hazard a guess that they all start at Candlekeep. ;)

Absolutely. But this one feels really different to me for some reason. Probably the lack of any "character" or "monster" design included in it? Hydro's and the other ones you mentioned at least incorporated "imagery" (for lack of a better term). Don't get me wrong, I like this cover... it just...

I think it might be something else. The way I always looked at it, it was trying to evoke the sense of these sort of old classic adventures being stories told from within the Yawning Portal, the most famous of taverns in the Realms, and not really meant as a collection of adventures specifically...

I totally get it, but I wonder whether that would be a financially lucrative enough approach for them? I think that "size" of a product makes more sense for something like DM's Guild where they can print on demand rather than having to plan out a full print order for a number of books that they...

Interesting! Were there special alternative covers for 3E books as well? I only have the original core rulebooks myself. I didn't even know about the concept of alternative covers in RPGs back then. :) And to be honest, I like this one a lot more than I like the 3E core rulebook cover designs...

I like the alternative cover, but it seems so different from the other alternative covers of the past. Ideally, they'd all be done by Hydro74, but even with different artistic takes, it seems odd that the design approach for this one would be so different (it almost looks like a "leather cover"...

That is weird... and I can't believe I didn't pick up on that at all. After a while, all of the different mythologies just sorta run together to me. LOL

It's awesome that you're tackling the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse! Quick question: is it intentional that War has a lower AC than Strife? Maybe it's because the idea of Ares from the comic book universe in his full blown suit of armor is too engrained in my head (and yes I realize that the...

Are you really surprised that they would want to provide examples of how one could use the product they’re trying to sell? Plus, it’s not like you couldn’t just adjust the stat block to suit your own purposes. I wouldn’t use any of these as-is without _any_ modification.

The target consumer is that person who has never played Dungeons & Dragons before and very likely doesn't play too many games in general so a mass market store like Target makes sense. I'm skeptical that there are a whole lot of starter sets and the like moving through most FLGSes, which seem to...

Mystara?! Yes, please!

Yep -- $19.99 list price at Amazon. The extra $5 is for the license. LOL The miniatures are a little weird -- rubbery and flexible -- but they work just as well as the WizKids minis and have a decent sculpt. The adventure looks pretty short, or maybe it's just sparse on explicit details. There...

I like the visual design of the map in the included adventure, but the "handwriting" font is too neat and perfect to look like a little kid wrote it. I would have preferred the notes to look a little bit more "scrawled" (in other words, the immersion level could have been a little bit higher). I...