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Yes, that's the one. My point wasn't to refute that he was more obscure than someone like Tolkien or Salvatore, only to refute the idea that he is only discussed among Dungeons & Dragons nerds on messageboards. That is simply not the case. --Erik

Mostly over the last 10 years or so. When I moved out to join the Wizards staff in 1999, almost all of his work had fallen out of print for one reason or another, a fact that many of his fans found maddening. The Demon Princes omnibus came out and stayed in print (it is _still_ in print, in...

How does a multi-page profile in this Sunday's New York Times rank? --Erik

More than 10 of Jack Vances books are in print. If you count the omnibuses, more than that. And that's off the top of my head and not from an Amazon search or something. It's your point, so you can do the basic research yourself. I wouldn't argue Leigh Brackett is a household name, but she...

I have thought about it, I thought about it at the time, and I'm still thinking about it. I do not apologize. James made some terribly misinformed comments about the state of the industry, and in doing so literally said Paizo's pricing of one PDF was putting the nail in the coffin of the...

Thanks for saving me the trouble of cutting and pasting that reply, TCO! My sentiments exactly! --Erik

My art director, James Davis, showed me some YouTube video about the time they were pimping the new Metal Gear game for the PS3, so it's been on my radar for a while. --Erik

Since I spent a lot of time that should have been spent proofreading the Pathfinder Bestiary to write my response to Mishler's latest post, I figure I might as well get extra mileage out of it by reposting it here: James, you're probably correct to predict that the tabletop RPG industry in its...

I agree with this statement. I don't think anyone is seriously suggesting that the tabletop RPG _hobby_ is in danger of dying out in the short (or even medium) term. Lots of factors are actually making hobby businesses more lucrative than at any time in the history of tabletop RPGs. The only...

The main advantage Mike Mearls has (or, rather, the main advantage of his employer) is that he works with Dungeons & Dragons, a brand with 85% name recognition in the GENERAL PUBLIC, and a brand with a 35-year tradition of high quality and market leadership. His is also the best-capitalized...

I should point out that, although The CasualOblivion and I don't always see eye to eye, I certainly understand what he is saying vis a vis Pathfinder and originality, and I don't take that as an insult or a slight at all. --Erik

I object to three things, in the main, and they are responsible for me getting snarky and a bit defensive in my responses to James yesterday. 1) I have tons of evidence in the form of sales data, trending, and current business relationships with current buyers and distributors in the industry...

On second read, I found this statement in the original screed laughable: --- In the adventure game industry, if a writer gets more than five cents per word, he’s doing well; at 10 cents per word, he is counted among the RPG demi-gods. At that point, the much, much, much better rates in fiction...

Might as well crosspost my blog comment here... ---- There's a lot of good stuff here, but also a lot of bold assertions and back of the envelope nonsense, in my opinion. Part of the problem, here, is that you're assuming that anyone can make any kind of money at all selling 1000 units of...

That is a bummer. On the other hand, Gary Gygax fans might want to take a look at the "Best Regalia" category, where Gary's final novel, "Infernal Sorceress," is up for an award! Thanks, judges! I know what a struggle it must have been to get through all of the great submissions this year...

We will definitely have a delve/demo going on at the Paizo booth throughout the con, as well as a full slate of longer Pathfinder Society Organized Play events! See you at the show! --Erik

I'm going to go play in James Jacobs's Pathfinder RPG campaign in about 11 minutes. I expect the itch to be scratched more than sufficiently. --Erik

I'd like to chime in with a bit of support for what sounds like your decision to go with Curse of the Crimson Throne. For starters, hard copies of many of the Rise of the Runelords volumes are completely out of print. Many CotCT volumes are about to enter this status, so your timing couldn't be...

I agree. Charles Ryan would definitely be able to provide a better answer to this question. ::summon Charles:: --Erik

I suspect Orc's Nest in London will have it, as they had a great Pathfinder display last August when we visited for Gen Con UK. In Leeds we visited a great store called Travelling Man that also had a good amount of Paizo stuff. There's also an excellent two-level gaming store about a block...