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There isn't much the program can do about bad stores. Bad stores come in many flavors and shapes, but if they don't work for you then you either have to deal with that or find another option. The published printed adventures can be run anywhere in an unofficial home play capacity and your...

I just finished listening to the Misdirected Mark podcast, where author Shawn Merwin discusses Harried in Hillsfar. Good listen with useful information. Also of interest to organizers is the Recounting Encounters podcast, where they discuss store play and convention play.

Harried in Hillsfar ran at Gen Con and at PAX and had great reviews. As with the previous intros, they provide a varied experience in a format that is comfortable for new and casual players. They run together as a story, which is very cool, though there is information for running them...

No big announcements were to be expected. Volunteers ran tabletop in a nearby hotel. Members of WotC's D&D team came by and signed books and hung out with fans. Acquisitions, Inc. ran and was inspirational to many, as always. D&D's Sword Coast game had a very cool booth and tons of people...

I really appreciate volunteers like you picking up the slack. It is very good for the attendees that they can see tabletop RPGs, especially the one with the most obvious brand - which is the one most likely to draw them into our hobby. But, it saddens me that in the '90s we had better support...

That's great to hear! I really enjoyed the Gen Con adventures.

PAX Prime has actual D&D play only because volunteers stepped up to keep it at PAX. Sure, space is limited, but the Annex basement that Wotc used to devote to D&D was a great space... and is fully devoted to Magic the Gathering (both last year and this year). Magic used to take up the ground...

I think this article is the best so far at capturing the new approach and why they believe they can pull back from directly financing and supporting organized play at the major conventions (Winter Fantasy for D&D, Origins, Gen Con, PAX).

That isn't likely to change anytime soon. D&D is moving away from many splatbooks and lots of add-ons to a different model where D&D is very lean and story-focused. We already know what is being released for Out of the Abyss and the Demons/Underdark storyline - an adventure, organized play...

PAX Prime is a great convention, far bigger than Gen Con, and can be a great way for RPG companies to gain converts from digital gamers. Pathfinder, Pelgrane, Catalyst, and others have grown their presence over the last 5 years. WotC has actually shrunk its once dominant presence (this year the...

Keep in mind, for many players the rewards are of little consequence and the story is, by far, what matters.

We have some historical references: - OD&D released Jan 1974, 1,000 copies. Sold 400 by summer, all 1,000 in 11 months. The second print run of 2,000 sold in 4 months. (Source of this and a couple of other figures is the highly recommended book Of Dice and Men. Interesting to note that these...

The figures come from Dancey, who worked for Wizards and now works for Paizo/Goblinworks. Wizards of the Coast doesn't share its numbers, which completely keeps them from doing what you are accusing them of doing. Moreover, we should be able to look at a company's sales without injecting...

The RPGA name was retired because it had negative connotations for many. While for some (myself included) it had sentimental value, it really turned off (wrongfully) many potential players and meant nothing to the greater populace. It's meaning (a network of gaming clubs) was no longer accurate...

I don't see this as anti-FLGS or pro-Amazon. I think its simply impressive that Amazon sales are high. And, Amazon is established enough to be important/meaningful. It is perhaps even more impressive, because now the LGS that are WPN members (and who run a high volume of Magic and D&D organized...

He isn't the only one saying each edition has outsold the previous one. Dancey says that up to and including 4E, where 4E outsold 3E's initial sales based on pre-orders alone. It isn't that initial sales don't matter. Of course they do, because sales matter and you always want strong sales...

We have some historical references: - OD&D released Jan 1974, 1,000 copies. Sold 400 by summer, all 1,000 in 11 months. The second print run of 2,000 sold in 4 months. (Source of this and a couple of other figures is the highly recommended book Of Dice and Men. Interesting to note that these...

The figures come from Dancey, who worked for Wizards and now works for Paizo/Goblinworks. Wizards of the Coast doesn't share its numbers, which completely keeps them from doing what you are accusing them of doing. Moreover, we should be able to look at a company's sales without injecting...

The RPGA name was retired because it had negative connotations for many. While for some (myself included) it had sentimental value, it really turned off (wrongfully) many potential players and meant nothing to the greater populace. It's meaning (a network of gaming clubs) was no longer accurate...

I don't see this as anti-FLGS or pro-Amazon. I think its simply impressive that Amazon sales are high. And, Amazon is established enough to be important/meaningful. It is perhaps even more impressive, because now the LGS that are WPN members (and who run a high volume of Magic and D&D organized...