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For me, seeing Perkins & Crawford join DP is very promising, due to their credentials. But, yeah - there are a few ttrpgs that IMO could take the top spot. I'm really interested in what Dungeon World 2e will be and if Draw Steel will make a big splash. It's an exciting time IMO 🤓

This should be GOOD

It's interesting to speculate though. I spent decades in the automotive industry and remember when most Americans couldn't imagine a Japanese automaker dominating the U.S. market. Then Toyota did it. The great empire of Ford Motor Cars got dethroned and the brand hadn't been the same since. We...

Yeah but complaint without action is like a car with no engine - nothing positive happens. I thought the OGL fiasco would (surely) activate the community into an official unified boycott of WotC product. So. I just want to see newer, better ttrpgs at the top.

Business as usual. Happy Juneteenth, Earthers! :love:

Yeah but - at the end of the day, who cares about the "scandals"? Are they even really scandals (other than the OGL fiasco)? Businesses gonna busy, right? The key here is getting some innovative ttrpg design that transforms the hobby's power structure. It's been FIFTY years with D&D. I'm ready...

There's some interesting ideas here. I had one of my own that I've had in use for several years: "a character who carries a weapon in each hand gets one additional attack per combat round. Both attacks take place during his hand-to-hand combat phase, one after the other. The attacker can decide...

Well. I forget that what some call "scandal", others recognize as "business as usual". And I think Darrington Press would love to have WizBro's problems :sneaky:

Or, a shift of direction. Say, if HasBro decided to turn D&D into more of a digital product and explored D&D as IP cash-cow, putting the trad game on the back burner. Sure you can. Look at the great success Valve has had in video games - all without significant controversy.

Hm. Crawford & Perkins have some very strong credentials when it comes to ttrpg design. They might be thinking of creating an entirely different ttrpg that combines the best elements of D&D and DH. Or, they could touch-up DH making it more interesting to the D&D playerbase. Maybe both. Whatever...

Actually, youz guys made the claim. I'm just supporting the actual facts (y)

https://www.polygon.com/607652/dnd-dungeons-dragons-perkins-crawford-rival-daggerheart-critical-role Welp, things have gotten interesting! Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford jumped ship from WotC to Darrington Press! Now another WotC content boss, Todd Kenreck, has pulled his parachute waving...

They have a website that details the company's history. Check it out 🤓 https://icv2.com/

Posting that Sims & Stephens are "likely bound by NDAs" is pure speculation that doesn't give their comments about ttrpg sales numbers any real value. They're essentially saying "Trust me, bro" :rolleyes: Meanwhile, ICv2 is a trusted source of sales data for several industries, not just ttrpgs...

As a GURPS fan this is interesting. Maybe. Wanderhome is a Belonging Outside Belonging storygame (diceless & GMless) - very much on the other side of GURPS' sim-based toolkit. I'd be very interested to see what a merger of the two concepts would look like. GURPS could be a real player again in...

GURPS Conan https://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/conan/ Barbarians of Lemuria https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/58815/barbarians-of-lemuria-legendary-edition?src=hottest_filtered Broken Weave https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/348170/vault-5e-broken-weave-corebook?src=hottest_filtered

What I said about the Orr Report wasn't regarding players - it was what GMs reported, which leans towards what groups were playing rather than just "what players liked". Stats are stats. You can call it "sampling bias" or whatever but just because the data doesn't support your position doesn't...

Well it would help if we knew what your group's gaming preferences were. That way we aren't tossing out ttrpgs that don't qualify (y)

AD&D's Player's Option series. They introduced several great alternative rules for D&D: Point-buy character creation Traits/Feats Disadvantages/Flaws Backgrounds (with recommended Non-Weapon Proficiencies) Sub-Abilities Expanded Races (including traditional "monsters" as races) Expanded Racial...

Star Wars 5e. Super-easy to use and a super-easy transition for 5e gamers. https://www.sw5e.com/