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That's the impression I got, too. He may have name-dropped "OGL", but I don't think he's referencing it in the same way that the audience is thinking of it. I'm also hopeful they'll also reintroduce "Dungeon" and "Dragon" magazine. (I know a print-version is unlikely, but we can hope, right?)

To be fair, everyone deals with change differently; what seems like a "Tempest in a Tea-Cup" to you might seem extremely important to the person who made the posting. And ESPECIALLY where money is involved, as everyone is obviously not on the same rungs of the socio-economc ladder. A...

I'd be OK with a "$30 for a year" deal, too. :) (The idea being that WotC offers some sort of "deal" to the fans to entice patronage.) Agreed. (Or, if not Dragon, Dungeon. I thnk Dungeon is arguably more useful in a print format.) But this ties into the old chestnut of "As the INdsutry Leader...

Yes, Amazon offers some good (even great!) deals. And I may take them up on it. (Or I may buy at my local store to support them.) Or I might not buy at all; I'm currently one of those "On-the-Fencers" I mentioned. :) (But imagine the difference between one person buying a book at the SRP of...

Consider it a loss-leader. Sure, it may give them a momentary revenue loss. But what are the potential benefits? Not only will it likely engender more sales from people "on-the-fence", it may even entice them to spend the money they saved on one of the modules they released. (Or perhaps instead...

I'm not sure why Wizards doesn't do a "1st-Year Special", like they did with 3E (or Atlas Games did with Ars Magica 5E). Put the price point at $20 (or even $25) for the first year. Much more of an attractive jumping-on point. Another factor is that Paizo is [i]very[/i[ generous with their...

To be fair, while "Greed" may be a factor (and I wouldn't put it past WotC [or more appropriately "Hasbro]), there's likely many other factors/variables that could be involved. We don't know what their operating costs are, what the print-runs are, what printers they use, what their expected...

And that's about where I'm at. While I can afford $50 for a book, (or even $150 for the set), I have to think if there's something I want more with that cash. The D+D branding, while important to me, isn't enough on it's own to compel me to slavishly buy things anymore as I did in the 70's &...

Though I"m more of a fantasy than a sci-fi fan (and I don't actually PLAY Warhammer of 40K), I've been liking the "Horus Heresy" saga from the Black Library. I'm on Book 5, and have enjoyed all of the novels so far. I've heard that the novel chronology gets kinda wonky after Book 6, and the...

While I read ALOT of gaming-genre fiction (ShadowRun, Cthulhu, Forgotten Realms, Eberron, Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Exalted, Scarred Lands, the oWoD lines, amongst MANY others)... The line that popped into my mind first was RAVENLOFT. Sure, it was an uneven line, and some of the novels were...

Personally, even putting aside the plot holes, I have mxed feelings about the trilogy as superhero films. While I love CN's stuff in general (Inception, Memento, etc.), I found the Batman trilogy hard to get through. While they're generally technically proficient, well-written, well-cast and...

For me, it depends on the size of the book in question. Though I think 50% of print is a reasonable starting point for pricing.

Query: do people think the OSR games such as Castles and Crusades/Osric, etc, (my group is currently using Basic fantasy, which is free online, or you can get from Amazon for under $5 for the print version) are a "gateway/ training ground" to games of more complexity (like Pathfinder)? Or do...

I wouldn't say it's "Short Attention Span" necessarily, but the sheer number of entertainment options available to kids nowadays is mind-boggling, ({Grognard Alert} far more so than 30 years ago), and almost all of it is basically at their fingertips, just a keystroke/mouse-click away...

I totally agree! :) +1 XP.

Well, that's a valid point, and a whole different question... {Sorry if this veers us off-topic a little, but it's worth discussing; maybe I should rename the thread "What are the barriers to entry for new players"?...} How are new gamers (esp. younger ones) coming to the tables? With RPG's...

Wow! I'm glad to generate such vigrous discussion! :) And the availability of tools and apps (PFSRD, Mastertools, etc.) also help to lower that entry price point. But purely for the point of this thread, I was curious what people think a reasonable entry fee would be for someone who intends to...

This came up in the D+D-specific forums (specifically the "Would you pay $50 for a "Standard" PHB?" thread), but I think it's worth bringing up as a general question. SO.. What's a reasonable price-point for new players to enter into the RPG hobby? (I"ll refrain from posting my thoughts...

While I personally am "Undecided" (it depends on a number of factors, includong on finalized rules, whether my group intends to upgrade to Next, etc.), I think $50 is a high price. (Yes, coutning the hours of use you get out of it, it's not a bad deal, of course, but it's still a high-price...

In older editions, the high-level wizard being acle to cast spells like "Wish" or "Teleport" was offset by the low amount (d4) of HP's wizard get by level. (As opposed to d10 for Fighters.) So, any decently equipped fighter should be able to put some serious hurt on a wizard fairly quickly, in...