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He would say: "LOL." --Erik

Cool. I appreciate the measured response and always appreciate a chance to get into it on the business side of things every once in a while. I'd call those folks "brand loyalists," and my suspicion is that they will migrate to the new version of the game pretty much no matter what it is. I...

I think that's an interesting lens through which to view the brand's development in the last year or so, but I have no data to say one way or the other. I know for the longest time that conventional wisdom said the novels brought in more money than the game. I don't know if that's true, and it...

Yes. I assume that all components of the D&D brand result in profit of many millions of dollars. --Erik

I should elaborate a bit, because I actually found virtually every part of Retreater's post to be objectionable. 1) The idea that "nothing will ever have the brand recognition of D&D, so no one should ever even attempt to compete" is self-defeating. Pathfinder doesn't need to "beat" D&D to be a...

Thanks for the summary. I think I understand the term now. Our goal is to create a game that provides a good amount of "basic" play (certainly at least $35 worth) that works and is fun whether or not you want to "graduate" to the full game. At that point, yes, you won't need the first 5...

Nonsense. --Erik

So what's your definition of "pay to preview"?

Amusing to see Talbot Mundy on a modern list. Why not H. Rider Haggard? ;) --Erik PS: Agree on Mieville. A lot of the rest of this list is decidely 80s, so I'm wondering if this is more a "I read this when I was growing up" or a "post DMG1" list or what.

Which is too bad, because I would have published you in a second. --Erik

Please note that the mock-up photos floating around were created for trade show promotional purposes, and that some of the details (such as the product's name) will change prior to release. --Erik

I think it might be a good idea to recruit some "stringers," dedicated members of the community who have an interest in a specific sub-set of fandom. One guy keeps and eye on Grognardia and the old school blogs, another dude keeps everyone up to date on the latest postings to DDI, a Pathfinder...

I voted "I read the news page!", but in fact that's a bit of a stretch, and has a lot more to do with nostalgia than the current state of the news page. In fact, I bookmarked the messageboards a long time ago, and only check the news page once a week or so, maybe less often. I usually skip over...

I remember Dave Gross talking about it like it was a reboot on AOL just before it came out.

I can't wait until you get to #227, which includes a letter from me that editor Dave Gross scraped off the Dragon comment thread on AOL. That's my first appearance in the magazine. I remember at the time thinking that #225 represented a bit of a fresh start, and that things got considerably...

Yes, we will! --Erik

My sense from having been at WotC when they designed 3rd edition was that, of the core design team, Monte Cook and Skip Williams pretty obviously had "overwhelming love" for D&D, and that Jonathan Tweet (who was already at WotC when they acquired TSR) was honored by the challenge of redesigning...

That is an awesome poster. --Erik

We have no current plans for "Ultimate Stealth" or anything like that. I posted a monster post on paizo.com when someone there raised similar concerns, so rather than repeat myself I'll simply provide a link: My very long response to similar concerns. TLDNR version: We don't want to bloat the...

Sadly, we never compiled such a list. Have you tried asking around at Canonfire? --Erik