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WotC certainly has made some missteps over the past several years. No doubt. But not about "is it a good idea" to put out a certain type of book, like a D&D/MtG crossover. They've got their sales data, they know how well their previous D&D/MtG crossovers have sold . . . they don't know how well...

Well the folks at WotC seem convinced that using Lorwynn as the next D&D MtG crossover is a good idea! I'm going to trust their instincts over random armchair quarterbacks on the internet. I'm looking forward to this release to see how it adapts the setting!

Odd criticisms . . . Guns & Gears is priced similarly to other hardbound RPG books. It is expensive, but not more so than other Pathfinder or D&D books. Of course, if the content doesn't appeal to you at the price offered, the solution is easy! Don't purchase the book! Why is the D&D 5E...

That's good to hear! From the perspective of someone not playing or collecting Pathfinder and not part of the community, the whole "Remastered" thing seems unnecessary and an undue burden on PF2 players. Guns & Gears definitely comes across as errata in book form . . . but if the updates are...

I don't play Pathfinder and I'm not super familiar with the switch from PF2 to "Remastered", but . . . how is the PF community viewing this expensive hardbound book that tweaks the earlier "Guns & Gears"? With all the angst in the D&D 5E community over the new 2024 rules, I'm curious if there...

Probably not, that's not usually how licensed properties operate. Did you write an officially licensed book on the Colonial Marines? If so, it's possible some of your work has become Alien "canon" and is in the RPG. But you won't likely see a credit unless they borrow directly and heavily from...

Heh, I'd encourage everybody to give each Trek show, classic and nuevo, a chance! But if the first season isn't doing it for you, skip ahead to Season 3 and see if you enjoy that! For any Trek show! :)

Ah, what you are describing is pretty much what we got. D&D 2024 isn't a new edition, a "5.5E". It's a tweaked version of the 2014 rules.

Okay. Shrug. Although, none of that actually refutes my point. Read. A lot. Yeah. Like I said, most writers are avid readers all ready. Do you need to read the "important" works? Nah.

I disagree. I mean, yes, engaging as a reader can help you become a better writer. I would hazard a guess that very few writers are not also avid readers anyway. But should I track down the "important" or "classic" novels in the genres I want to write in, before I get seriously started on my...

I'm not a fan of the various resin-cast fantasy mugs or steins that are out there, like this one. They look cool from a distance, but up close are obviously not made of what they (usually) mimic, metal and wood. And they don't "feel" right in my hands. I do have a resin skull mug on my teacher...

I would add . . . options that speak to you and seem exciting! Games that make you feel like you'd want to experience them, regardless of any plans to design your own someday, pick those up! Folks will tell you that playing "The One Ring" is a great experience . . . and it is . . . but I...

If you want to design your own game, a "fantasy heartbreaker" or other type of game . . . Sure, it would be helpful to be familiar with as many other existing games as possible, but . . . hardly necessary. If you end up reinventing the wheel, and creating rules that are very similar to...

When WotC purchased TSR, and D&D, they did something TSR never did . . . they took the time to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of how TSR managed the D&D brand (and their other games too). According to Ryan Dancey, the guy in charge of this analysis, ONE (not the only) of the factors was...

Yeah, except that isn't what WotC said when discussing what killed TSR. It isn't multiple settings, it's multiple product lines.

Nope. Not in this context. If you've read the "attacks" on Gary in the WotC book "The Making of Original D&D" . . . you'll find there are no attacks on Gary in the book, just primary source documents. The intro points out that the early works have elements of sexism in them . . . which is 100%...

Well dammit. No "Gods of the Forbidden North" for me then. If you are anti-woke, well, I don't know if you'll go broke, but you won't get my business.

I don't think so, with the chicken-vs-egg aspect. Elves are popular in fantasy fiction, even outside of D&D. D&D, of course, took its core three elven subraces (high, gray, wood) from Tolkien . . . but if you get into the weeds in the Tolkien legendarium, he had LOTS of elven subgroups as well...

I liked that in MotM also, even if on a case-by-case basis I didn't always care for specific choices. But that's the thing, the subtypes for each species aren't always based on the same thing. So it makes sense that different player options might have different kinds of subtype choices. Being...

Hey man, that's how we do things now in the post-truth era. Catch up with the times!