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Reiterating for anyone confused: The LotFP deal we're discussing is ywhen ou get an advance (you can keep, it's not a loan) you then royalties on top of that in addition after the product earns out its advance.

But you do have to wonder why the publishers of guaranteed-sellers like Dresden Files RPG, DC Adventures and Marvel Heroic can't manage that. It's not like LotFP is selling so many more copies than they are--these companies are bigger than LotFP by an order of magnitude.

this description is not an accurate depiction of how things work at LotFp. If James pays an advance it's upfront. this advance is usually comparable to any other company its size . then if the book outsells that advance and you have a royalty deal, you move into royalties. and as james...

Right? Misinformation is terrible--especially for the folks most in need, who are newbie gamers using the online resources to find stuff out.

I'm not talking about "liking things" I don't think it's good at all when it causes people to make mistakes and then not admit it. I think when people confuse what they like with broad commercial imperatives, we have a worse conversation. I think talking about doing better helps the broader...

Not at all my goal or intention. I made no prediction about the commercial success of 5e. My previous post covers what my interest here is in detail.

1. Everyone who can read this has, at least once in their life, gone online to find out things about games. (A major reason to even have a forum is to find out things about games.) 2. This activity in (1) is much less productive when the things they find out aren't true or when the true things...

It's ok to be wrong. The fact you were big enough to admit it makes a huge difference, though. I trust a person who does that.

Regardless of whether you like the design, 5e has been a commercial success for WOTC. So: everyone who said it was going to crash and burn commercially wer objectively wrong. Have you talked to any of them lately?

I will leave you with this then, and try to be very kind: Going on social media and going, in various ways "Be cool to each other" to your followers hasn't worked. It didn't work when people harassed Shanna Germain, it didn't work for people harassing Kiel, it didn't work for people harassing...

I'm sorry I disoriented you by clarifying my post. I type fast. Then we're where we started. Like almost all creators, like me, you get on social media and say what you think is good and bad and that....has no real results. It gives us the situation we already have and which we are all here...

This contract requires some negotiations about enforceability: It's easy to tell if I am or am not talking to someone who doesn't want to talk to me--they'll say "I don't want to talk to you" or block me. (At which point I generally disengage anyway, so my end is easy to obey.) (Unless someone...

Then, with the best will in the world and a genuine hope for a better future and every ounce of sincerity I can muster and total conviction borne of experience, and with a wish that this be received as a clear and honest communication: The best thing to do would be to not promote the people who...

Yeah---the next generation of designers will come (is coming) from the web. We need to develop support systems so when creators get threatened in a way that could hurt their livelihood, we have each others' backs. Before we had that, a lot less stuff was getting created, and what was created...

It's always nice when you stop by to drop some science, Mike.

I was surprised how few people wanted to pronounce "Stygian". Good job up there!

I think when the conversation gets to a thing like "we all occasionally create spectacular things" and all struggles are equal and all mistakes are equal you're no longer talking about human beings, just trying to use language to stop a conversation about specific dynamics going on here and now...

I never said more mainstream publishers with legacy IP and impressive licenses were raking in the dough. I'm asking why, with so many structural advantages over the littler guy, you aren't. Because we're doing alright over here. But more than that, I want to recognize how generous and engaged...

There are significant differences between the established presses and Mike Evans at DIY RPG or Raggi at LotFP. The differences in cashflow are huge: Green Ronin had the DC Comics license and a link to Critical Role. Margaret Weis had the Marvel Comics license (it costs at least 6 figures) and...

According to Mearls at the bar on Saturday night, the thing is: Cons are about wandering past the booth and going "Hey what's that!?!" and there's nobody at Gen Con who goes "Hey, what's this? Dungeons and......Dra...gons?" and so WOTC just doesn't get as much out of doing cons as other...