Roll to disbelieve. Foundry announced it was teaming up with Paizo for offical content just the other day.
https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si0e?Paizo-And-Foundry-Virtual-Tabletop-Content
Yeah, I'm talking about the few small publishers that are doing really well, not the ones doing it as a second job. As in, is it better to have a job at a large company or be a successful entrepeneur?
By successful, I mean with a handful of successful Kickstarters under their belt, or something similar.
I remember Sean K Reynolds talking about salaries.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/sean-k-reynolds-talks-rpg-salaries-puts-his-on-record.682924/
So $40K at WotC a decade ago as a designer...
I don’t have them all to check. I mean the entities named on the covers of D&D boioks — like Xanathar, Tasha….
Rise of Tiamat
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
etc?
DId I quick ebay search for the rates these books usually go for.
Players Hnadbook $125
https://www.ebay.com/itm/325120867342
Deities & Demigods (not rare version) $60
https://www.ebay.com/itm/384802253615
Monster Manual
$28 (still bidding)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/284733497569?
$45...
You're confused. You're comparing forum posters with news page readers. Measuring two different things.
(And Alexa data is notoriously nonsense. You can triple it by just adding one person with an Alexa toolbar.)
Your concept of danger is very different to mine! Also, D&D isn't medieval European fantasy. Tolkien is, but D&D is not.
How do you commission work without telling somebody what to write about?
Matt Sprange, CEO of Mongoose Publishing, has been here since 2002. Mongoose is a well-known TTRPG company which has been publishing for over 20 years, and is the publisher of games like Traveller. Hope that helps!