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It is very clear that folks are responding based on their particular experiences, so I don't want to argue against folks' lived experiences. But my thesis is that for those for whom TTRPGs are important in their lives, the intimacy of experience is a powerful element in their ongoing love of the...

Unlike other activities where conversations happen, TTRPGS are a conversation, by there very nature. They are inherently more intimate based on that alone.

In no particular order, if you were limited to 3 RPGs for the rest of time, which would you choose. You can explain, or don't. Or even list 4. I'm not a cop. Mine: Shadowdark, for gritty D&D style fun. Daggerheart, for heroic D&D style fun. SWADE, for all the other styles funs.

Dear Kickstarter Guy: I backed your thing 8 YEARS AGO because I thought it was a cool project and believed in you. And you delivered. AWESOME. But I was under no obligation to continue to support that product or your other KSers. So, please, refrain from the project update literally blaming your...

Why would you want to eliminate Lovecraft but not Howard?

Solo, Indy, Deckard, Ryan

Huh. If you had asked me, I would have guessed that WoW had player houses long ago.

So it looks like the hoped-for assignment is a "right now" kind of situation. I guess it is a positive to have the decision taken out of my hands? ETA for clarity: it means I cannot take the job since I have this other one I must finish.

That is a good point. I had not thought of that.

As I prep for my aetherpunk superhero convention game, I am thinking about setting/house rules. After listening the the recernt Dungeon Master of None "GMing Daggerheart" podcast, I am considering a rule that lets a player who is completely out of Hope to gain one Hope in exchange for giving me...

You seem to be suggesting that "we" don't also do those other things. "We" do, and therefore "we" can tell the difference.

How can they be millenials? They own a house.

Count me among those that believe that while all "social hobbies" are likely good, TTRPGs are special because they ask is to share our fantasies with one another. As such, they are inherently more intimate than bowling or cribbage. That, of course, has a potentially problematic side, too...

My completely unscientific thought is that sometimes the huge KSers see very little "tail." All the potential customers backed it, and there aren't many people left to buy it.

Out of curiosity, are you still working in the industry?

What I am wondering (and it is possible no one really knows, because it isn't knowable) is if there is a reliable relationship between how well a KS does and how that product does afterwards once introduced into the retail market. Just for example: Avatar did about 10x that Shadowdark did in...

No. I was asking you, because you seem to think there is a known connection. I have no idea what the connection is, if it exists at all.

I asked the developer for a couple weeks to decide while I finish up (hopefully) another project. I'm torn, to say the least. Part of me is just yelling at myself to stop being such a wuss, and other helpful GenX self talk.

Nothing like kind of deciding you are done freelancing only to finally get that project offer you have wanted.

What is the relationship between Kickstarter performance and retail success in the TTRPG market?