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Getting their tasty, tasty sandwiches from Publix as they roll dice. The grocery chain is know for great deli sandwiches. According to the publisher, they were contacted because have the One Ring license. When Free League told them it was a licensed property and it might be a hassle, their...

Not sure that's been a great turn of events to be honest. My 401k has been pretty lackluster compared if I had gotten a pension instead. And yes, some pension funds have been invested, I am sure Mr. Bernie Madoff can tell you more about that, though.

Many states have mini-versions of fed departments even down to state investigation bureaus like the FBI. The Florida version is even named the FDLE to avoid confusion with the FBI.

Congrats for Tito. And for all those people who laughed about putting D&D on your resume ... HA!

Ray Harryhausen once told Guillermo Del Toro the best way to make your monsters believable was to have them seen in repose. When creatures are not getting calories, they tend to be conserving their energy.

Everybody is different but the big eye opener for me was when my player met their first closed airlock to a derelict starship. Suddenly that airlock was the best puzzle encounter for my table. Everyone chipped in ideas and offered suggestions. From jumpstarting the power from their own ship...

Fantasy? Already been done. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/304840/the-sword-of-cepheus

Not strictly D&D but definitely a table top vibe of bickering murderhobs.

I do wonder if there's some backdoor pilot plans are going on?

I felt like the Gama World version was a great fit for 4e's mechanics.

Well, that would have doubled down on the board game/gribbles vibe. Their take on WF provided a tuckbox for every player so they could store all their cards and cardboard bits between games.

At this point, you'd think WotC would quit trying to see "what sticks" and assemble an editorial board to bounce ideas off of. Of course, they'd probably use focus groups instead but that is a different beast.

Would they offer more if game designers didn't settle or demanded more. Simply because they are paying the most doesn't mean they are paying what people are worth when their work impacts a whole industry.

Apologies that I wasn't clear. What I meant was I wondered if WotC lowballs in general because at other ttrpg companies (or even owning a ttrpg company) is so low that we don't demand or negotiate for more.

Honestly the base pay in this industry is such a difference compared to what Hasbro offers, it makes me wonder if "they," whoever that might be, are lowballing everyone in the WotC department.

Part of it is cost of living in Seattle, the other part is working for a big dog like Hasbro; sadly the value the company places on the skill set is further down the list. The vast majority game designers do not make this much, even those who own their ttrpg company. WotC or Piazo are biggest...

The strength to D&D's magic system is its predictability of what spells a player will use, in what order, and how often. Adding another system or a system that offers more flexible choices is always going to have a demerit right out of the gate for some GMs. Also the whole, "Don't put sci-fi in...

Same. By the time I found Iron Crown's CYOA books for Middle Earth, they were already out of print - twice evidently.

I think fifth edition and the latest edition were appreciated most by fans. In the past, it's most unique mechanic was the "Saving Roll," which was the first attribute check back in the day. The bit that's still unique today is that melee combat was simultaneous with all the dice totals from...

Everything is subjective. But the author did mention colonization has some issues.