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Are they killer pumpkins? Is there a Great Pumpkin?

Healthy or not, I am emotionally invrested in what D&D IS. Always have been, since I was 10 years old I discovered Basic and it literally changed my conception of not just what games could be, but what GAMING could be. I am not suggesting there aren't other great games. better games, in many...

That is a pretty long list. How many are still "alive" -- either currently in print or with relatively robust fan communities?

This one. It is what inspired the thread, but I did not link it because I did not want to actually talk about the article.

There is a point at which a category is so broad as to be useless. What you call "flavors of D&D" I simply call adventure fantasy RPGs. I guess I did not say it so it probably was not easy to intuit: I don't care if Hasbro/WotC are the ones to make a 6E. In fact, if D&D fell and got to get...

The difference is that in Gloomhaven, you have no agency to act outside of the prescribed areas of play. You can roleplay while playing Gloomhaven, certainly, but it is not a role-playing game. Whether actually having game mechanics for things like social interactions is a good thing or not is...

I really like Savage Worlds for pulp adventure -- both modern and "historical" -- and I think SWADE is especially well suited with its robust list of setting rules that can tweak the formula from Tomb Raider to Star Wars. I like my pulp with two fisted science and proto-supers, so a pulp game...

That is interesting. You could also have a "May I Cut In?" fear move to "block" a PC by a NPC.

I just started The Lost City of Z, and it has me thinking hard about pulp gaming.

The Masquerade effect feels a little weird to me, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Spending a fear to create an opportunity for the PCs doesn't seem quite right. I am not sure what I would do differently, and I think using the dance to communicate discretely, pickpocket the important key...

I know there are lots of other games. I love both Daggerheart and Shadowdark. But that does not have anything to do with wanting to see an actual new edition of D&D after 10 years of 5E. The "D&Dness" of it matters, after all. And people that like 5E will lose nothing if there is a 6E, since 5E...

I always wondered who owns the copyright of soemthing you post on a forum like this one or RPG.net or whatever. Just from an academic/curiosity standpoint. Like, if @Morrus decided to publish The Best of @Snarf Zagyg who would reap the tens of dollars of rewards?

Yeah, even during the height of the d20 Glut, there has never been more new D&D material available.

I don't understand the relationship between these two statements. Is D&D doing okay or not? Is Hasbro spinning or not? They seem to be at odds.

I don't agree. Even people sticking with 2014 will buy those books (if they like FR, of course).

I am curious why you think it is unlikely. it isn't like they ae going to keep the 2014 core rule books in print. Why would they be so magnanimous on D&DB?

Is this confirmed thing, because it would not only be huge, but a MASSIVE blow to brick and mortar stores.

Well, until they block 2014 Beyond content. "Click to upgrade for $10" a la Playstation store.

I mean, sure, but that's not the point. If you are trying to assure stock holders and customers, it really matters.

That was always the intent though, right. They always expected and planned for people being able to buy the modules and campaign settings going forward.