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All the time. I know a lot of these designers, I've worked with them. in some cases, i AM them.

While we have done a preview blog, and it shares some of the text, I don't believe we've previewed the card design itself anywhere. But it is very similar to the old Pathfinder card design.

Nope. The timetable is based on making sure we have enough time to analyze the playtest feedback, develop alternatives, iterate them, and engage in at least internal playtests of new versions, all before the book goes to the printer. There would be no point in having a playtest if the classes...

Thanks Sean! We're just waiting on the POD files to be approved folks, and print Starfarer's Companion will be made available!

That's a fair question. In the rpg world, where having outsiders do every part of the actual production is normal, it may not meaningfully mean anything. However, there is, to me, a HUGE difference between working on a freelance basis with all the milestones and feedback and final changes...

At least one reason people in the industry are reacting negatively to the term outsourcing is because that term hasn't been used in situations that are extremely similar to this one. When Rodney Thompson and I wrote the Star Wars Saga Edition core rulebook, neither of us worked at WotC. We were...

We REALLY REALLY want to have books to sell to everyone. There have been a stunning number of delays, which I hope are close to being done. Obviously most everyone in the company is off to Gen Con at this point, but my hope is that we'll have copies there, and have copies in the distribution...

Just because my name has been evoked: I am not one of the people who worked on this product. I desperately wanted to; I am still a huge fan of D&D, but simply couldn't make the tome. So I remain a Pathfinder-developer for the moment. As for "outsourcing," it's worth noting that within the RPG...

To be fair to Peter, he was gone by the time either statement was made to me.

When I was laid off in 2001, there were two specific things that I was told directly. 1> Although 3.0 and Star Wars are the most profitable RPGs TSR/WotC ever produced, and are exceeding expectations in sales, their profit margins are not as high as desired. As a result, staff must be laid off...

Having been present for WotC conversations about why D&D might or might not get cancelled way back in 2001, let me say that I am unconvinced any of that means WotC thinks any other RPG has any impact on them at all. At the launch of the 3.0, when it was doing better than any version of D&D ever...

The problem with that is manyfold. First, the ICV2 numbers are notoriously unreliable and self-reported by store owners from memory. Second, they do not account for any online sales, which includes Paizo's extensive pdf sales and D&D Online. They also don't include sales on Amazon or through...

The Advanced Bestiary is all templates. Each template is presented by itself (so you can add it to any appropriate monster), AND with an example monster having had it applied already (so you can use it immediately). So one of the reasons it's always been so popular is that it multiples the...

Fair enough. And despite you being really clear you weren't meaning to have a go at me, my response came off as kinda snarky and unprofessional. I did not mean it to sound as annoyed as I think it did, and I apologize. It's been a hectic couple of weeks, and I let it get to me. :P Certainly I...

Super Genius Games has an obligation to complete its Dungeonaday Kickstarter. Hyrum bought out myself and Stan, so he became the sole owner of SGG. We didn't take any of the resources budgeted to pay for the SGG work. Why would what Stan and I do after we leave SGG have any impact on whether I...

I'm very sorry you feel abandoned. I'm not sure what I could have done to avoid that. I worked on DaD as hard as I could when I was part of SGG, but now that I'm not it's out of my hands. The core Kickstarter deliverable was access to DaD for a number of months, and to the best of my knowledge...

All I get from that is a profile on their total revenues, which says nothing about their market share. Is there an actual article I'm not seeing?

Super Genius Games still exists, owned and operated by Hyrum Savage. Last I heard he was planning to work on DaD himself, though obviously that may have changed since I left.

I'd be curious to know that as well.

There are lots of potential reasons. One is that it's just an amazing experience. During my 14 months in RPG R&D I met some stunningly cool people, got to work with giants of the industry (many of whom had written the very same game material I used to have fun summers in my mother’s garage as a...