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I think it's fair to place a lot of blame on bad management decisions on Williams and it's not a shield to protect Gary. It's a fact. But it's also a fact that Gary was just as horrible with management decisions. It's not an either/or situation. Remember, the original disaster of a contract with...

The books were an accident. The success didn't start with Dragonlance, it actually started with the Endless Quest Books. Rose Estes pitched the idea, management was against it, and finally told her, "Fine, if you want, but do it on your own time." So she did. They were a huge success. Then...

Oh, I'm not judging. The more success to publishers the better. The more money you take in, the more people you can hire. Which is a win in my book.

TSR tried exploiting the contract with Random House and it totally backfired on them, which had to be predictable by those in charge. The TL;DR very high level version: TSR: Hey, Random House, here's $1,000,000 worth of product we're shipping to you, thanks for the check. (knowing it would...

I guess that depends on your print run. And to view it from a customer's perspective. They typically don't care about how the sausage is made, so-to-speak, they only look at the product. And as a customer, I'd have a hard time paying nearly as much for a digital copy as I do a print physical...

This sounds likely. The margin on books has always been higher than PDFs (probably because I price my PDFs between $5-$10), so to make up the difference I might increase that. For those companies that charge $20-$30 for a pdf? Who knows. I can only speak for myself, but it doesn't feel right to...

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Don't bother rolling for damage. (Shadowdark, 1 max HP level 1 thief with 7 CON).

Based on the results (I've asked this multiple places), it seems most folks like the book option, with the black walnut as the covers with the color resin inlay, and a lighter wood "pages". I've designed it to fit almost perfectly in a flat rate priority box ;) It's for Bugbears & Borderlands...

With tariffs, doing a large scale boxed set is out. However, I still want to do one. These will be a short run, limited edition. Probably only 10 boxes or so. Of the two styles, which do you prefer? Option A: Traditional box, with lid lifting off Option B: Looks like a book, and opens like a...

Also, HORDE, which has versions for OSE and Shadowdark, is a current KS that ends in 2 days. HORDE is a supplement book focusing on vile and murderous orc and goblin clans, including new classes, monsters, lore, toxins, war machines, magic items, spells, and more.

I feel validated! :)

Of course you can't, because copywrite isn't a word ;)

I think it also matters what you're writing it for. For example, with my current KS, I decided to make the books match what the size of the edition is. OSE and Shadowdark are smaller than 5e books for example. So I wanted that to be a consistent experience for the player. The key is to ensure...

Dude, if I had that kind of money you'd definitely see the signs. I'd be putting out some of the most extravagant rpg stuff out there regardless of the monetary loss I'd take on it :P Only 100 people play this game? Who cares, let's build a full character app suite for it!

Yeah, some of the stuff that came out for 3e was pretty bad, and you can't blame WotC for not wanting that association.

This is not necessarily true at all. Most of us publishers aren't "making bank" in any way, shape, or form. I have said I anticipated tariffs when I launched. No idea what they would be. But how I handled it (the uncertainty) was to keep reward pledge levels low and provide at-cost discount...

And I would prefer the knight be called a knight instead of another Iron Golem, but here we are!

Isn't that what the above is? Or am I misreading?