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How are both of these situations... not making a compromise with hate? Whether they make money or not, are popular or not... has no bearing on whether this statement is true or not.

That's debatable...

Well the problem is one of the biggest names in OSR publishing is the one causing all of this.

The real proof will be in the funding and numberof backers this receives...

Thanks for posting this I'm definitely going to check your stuff out.

Shadowdark is really the only OSR game I support. OSE isn't problematic but they have definitely taken a head in the sand stance (as well as expecting their fans to do the same) when it comes to things like this. I used to support them, don't anymore.

That infamous OSR political "neutrality" in action. I'm curious to see how many OSR fans pledge for this, and then wonder why the OSR gets syuch a bad rep, especially amongst PoC, LGBTQ+ and other minorities.

I don't think he was speaking specifically about this thread...A general trend being noticed on the boards was being discussed and I think it's clear this is what was being addressed... Yep... nothing like that in this thread... Nothing like a totally off topic rant about... wait a minute...

What gatekeeping... a thread is about what products you are excited for, you (general) decide to instead go on a negative diatribe and rant about WotC and D&D in said thread... No one is stopping you from participating in the actual discussion... but actually address the topic as opposed to...

Who hasn't "borrowed" ttrpg design concepts from other designers and games when designing a new game? I'd love to hear the name of a wholly new and innovative ttrpg that borrows nothing from any other game. That said... Again how many have "borrowed" the entirety of the 5e, 3e, 1e, or B/X...

IMO, it's just weird to come into a thread about what D&D stuff people are excited for and post on the evils/ineptitude/your disdain for WotC & D&D while calling those actually engaging with the premise of the thread...apologists... Thats not thread drift it's threadcrapping.

Yeah but alot of it is just whinning because your specific preferences or wants aren't being put above the majority in the precise manner you(general) feel they should be. Edit: At a certain point... if you are that dissatisfied with a game... why not stop hating on it and spend that energy...

It's more than getting it in front of people... its getting awareness of what TotV even is to most people... even those who play D&D.

I'm looking forward to the Eberron book, the starter set and the Dragon Delves book. I'm more wait and see with the FR books as my preferred WotC settings are more along the lines of Planescape, Ravnica and Eberron vs. FR or Greyhawk.

What game was? So it was innovaive and spurred the creation of the OSR But it was innovative... or are you confusing innovative for good or maybe popular... because neither of those are synonyms for good. To be fair I think alot of folks forget that. It's not the same as roll and keep...

The TTRPG hobby shrinks year after year, eventually going the way of something like model trains, as no company has the market power, brand recognition or budget to attract casual players and grow the community in the same way WotC/Hasbro did. Hard-core ttrpg players would continue with old D&D...

I don't really have a dog in this fight but I don't believe this is what's being asserted. I think what's being asserted is that in order for something to be judged better or worse for a particular task... the parameters for what makes said task better or worse must first be set.

No worries... was just confused, thought I might have accidentally quoted you at some point.

Wait...huh? I never asserted you did argue for this... I wasn't even replying to you.

This is how most boardgames...wargames, videogames, ccg's, etc. all itterate and in general they are vastly more successful than ttrpg's. It's weird to me that some expect ttrpg's to go out of print, stop being published and then be redesigned from the ground up under the same name every...