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Obviously I would, but I don't generally spend much time in dungeons. ;) Even in the context of playing a D&D character, I'm not sure your point holds much weight with me. I enjoy playing characters that learn to deal with a myriad of challenges, including their own limitations, and have...

I have myopia, and I've come to appreciate its virtues, to the point that I sometimes feel sorry for those who can't share my experience. I tell you what, being nearsighted comes in pretty handy when plucking a tiny splinter out of someone's finger, or painting a miniature, or doing other...

The shoes are an interesting fashion choice; don't think I've ever seen that style used in fantasy/sci-fi illustration before. And is that Dinehart's signature in the lower right?

Cash garb?

I know others have already commented on this, but... were you around for that transition? I don't know anyone pining for the days of inferior audio quality, aged casettes with wobbly music playback, and nervewracking unspooling from the guts of a player that decided it was hungry for magnetic...

What are you talking about? You would find a woman dressed like that "grotesque"? Maybe she isn't the problem.

Just like the original Dragonlance adventures, then? ;)

You're cherrypicking. I can do that, too. Here's another graph from the same article: Only the last year shows a dip (on a per-product basis; given that WotC has been releasing more products per year, the overall sales are way up), following the COVID-associated bump in sales. That is simply...

Please support this claim. I've already demonstrated in another thread that the Bookscan data from last year doesn't support it; is there another source that does?

That is not at all what it showed. First, assuming you're referring to the Bookscan data discussed in Alphastream's postings, they're from July 2023; not enough for an entire year of sales for the most recent adventures, including Dragonlance. But let's look at what the Bookscan data show about...

There was a pulp-era character who lines up with the modern D&D barbarian perfectly, IMO, but it isn't Conan: it's Tarzan. The lack of armor, wilderness survival capabilities, quick reactions, and (significantly) primal rages are all there. The alignment is so close that I wonder if 3e's...

This is a non sequitur. I don't know why you brought up rule changes, but the comment about age targeting was in reference to things like this:

It isn't social media (or at least, not just social media), it's age targeting. BG3 is marketed and rated as being unsuitable for children, while D&D adventures include children and adults in their audience. I may not personally have a problem with certain content, but as a parent, I'd be fairly...

Yeah, in short: centuries of accumulated unintended consequences. (Well, unintended by certain elements of society, maybe less so others.)

I mean, it's a reasonable idea in concept: "Hi, everyone. We all agree that this is a good business concept, but none of us has the money to get it going. What if we all pitch in, and each of us will own a portion of the business?" "Great idea!" "Okay, but who's actually going to run the...

I wanted to triple thumbs-up this, but there's no way to do that here. Oh, wait: (y)(y)(y)

Yeah, despite D&D's unprencedented current success, the repeated rounds of layoffs under Hasbro's ownership have sucked. I mean, it's not like TSR ever conducted mass layoffs of its staff-- Oh. Well, at least pre-Hasbro WotC never engaged in layoffs-- Hm. Never mind.

Ugh, not this again. Every company, or organization of any kind or size, must have multiple priorities, which they (sometimes awkwardly, sometimes unsuccessfully) try to balance as best they can. The world, and human beings, are just not as simplistic as you keep making them out to be.