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Yes, yes we are. And it is glorious. I'm GenX, and Ducks are just silly. They are cartoon animals... When there is a specific genre niche, anthropomorphic animals can be done well. But they are the exceptions, not the rule. Stuff like TMNT and Usagi Yojimbo was always a bit tongue in...

In my opinion Symbaroum solve the issues that I had with roll low systems by making all the rolls player facing. I was really hoping that the new DoD would be a streamlined, and cleaned up version of that; with more general fantasy tropes that would make it easier for me to insert into my own...

I'm not saying that they are ignorant. I'm saying that they don't care. Not even a little bit. It is what it is; Most people that play D&D are incurious about other games because they are getting what they want from D&D. Even when they know about other games; they still don't want to try out...

It's not. D&D is the most popular RPG because it was first, good enough, and has maintained its market leader position. None of those are bad things. If the game paradigm that D&D offers hits your sweet spot, there is nothing wrong with liking it. I'm merely pointing out that for the vast...

Yes, This is called: "Good Enough". D&D has the largest network effect of players and GM's. It is by far the easiest RPG to find a game to play in, or to find players for. People just want to game, and as long as the system is good enough that it does not actively hinder the path of least...

If the system really didn't matter then they wouldn't keep insisting on only D&D... The hard truth is that the majority of people that play D&D will only ever play D&D. They feel "invested" in D&D, and that learning "other games" will be work. It's really not. The time spent really learning...

Good for you! This is something that should be done by far more GM's. We run the games. I will gladly take a reduction in play, if it means that I can enjoy the type of games that are fun for me. When it comes to: I look at "other systems" like apple products at their peak under steve...

I cannot fathom why someone would run only ONE RPG that often, for a decade... I simply cannot relate, as it is entirely beyond the scope of my experience to comprehend. My Star Wars campaign just ended after five years - but that was once a week, where I was a player in other rotating RPG's...

You are correct. This is an example of Bad design. I agree. My reply was specifically directed at bringing skills in-line with the OP's expectations vs. D&D's magic system... Outside of that: These questions about skills being seen as random vs combat or magic is a discussion that only D&D...

That is because "Magic Spells" in D&D are essentially a form of reliable technology. Because this: The only way to reconcile the two disparate systems it to change one to work like the other. You either give spells a casting roll vs AC or a DC, making them more unreliable. (Good luck selling...

Non-D&D Skill based RPG's with skill systems that work basically exactly the same way do not get critiqued for this. It's just not an issue. I think that it is more of a thing in D&D because of the way PC's combat ability and HP scales in comparison to D&D's tacked on skill system. There is...

But what does that mean in terms of dollar revenue? Nobody Knows. It is not a stretch to assume that Hasbro was getting a cut of that "doing extremely well" VoD/Streaming money. Yet they still took a $25 million dollar write down on the film... So until we have actual revenue numbers, we...

Exactly. Which is why drawing conclusions on how "well" a particular film may or may not be doing from other VoD/Streaming metrics without that information is nothing but pure speculation.

Untrue. When others were saying that HaT was on track to be a flop at the box office; they were told that without actual numbers they were just speculating, making things up, etc,... Demand for the actual box office numbers to back up assertions was constant. So either admit you are just...

My games are split three ways: R: For action and violence. Gladiator/Braveheart levels. PG13: For general language and themes. Any "Adult" fare is hinted at; not explicitly described. Fade to Black: For the sexytime.

Untrue. You keep citing streaming performance as evidence that HaT must be "doing well" on the back end. I am merely asking you to back up your insinuation that HaT's streaming ranking = monetary success: By providing actual streaming revenue numbers for Honor Among Thieves. Or you can just...

There is a reason we use the words about and around when using the traditional metric. But it does still get you in the ballpark: Why does it need to be so high at 400m with a 100m budget? Likely because with 1.5x2, it needed to make at least around 300m to break even. With Nolan's special...

Empirically untrue. Post "Pandemic": Variety: Oppenheimer reportedly had a production budget of around 100 million: Avatar2 reportedly had a production budget of around $460 million: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/james-cameron-avatar-2-turn-profit-box-office-1235480925/ Deadline...

Probably because the HaT action figures are not impressing anyone. They are all being sold at discount rates by nearly everyone. If they do anything for BG3, it'll be for the adult 'special edition' collector market.

Given the above quotes we know that HaT marketing budget was $62 million. 62 + 151 = 213 Million total cost. Metrics say the film had to do around $426 million at the box office to break even. It did $208.2 million total worldwide. It needed around 217 more to break even. When we back out...