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Are you sure about that? I really don't remember anyone claiming that these three digital-only releases were ONLY possible (financially) as digital-only releases. Only worth doing financially in this format, that's seems reasonable, even if everyone doesn't see it that way or would prefer it...

Thanks! Wow! I shouldn't be surprised that folks are up in arms, even if I think the Darrington and HeroForge collab is completely reasonable. Well, hopefully for Darrington and HeroForge, it's a loud minority making all the noise.

Hoo boy . . . yes, parenting in the 80s was a combo of parents not keeping up with societal changes and also being more "hands off" . . . and I thank the gods of Law and Chaos for that!!! Kids these days can't sneeze without oversight it seems sometimes . . . Soo many books, comics, and movies...

Well, sure, if you're going to be hyperbolic about it. Could the digital only material we'll be getting in a few weeks have worked in some sort of print/digital product format? Sure. But would it have been worth doing financially? WotC doesn't seem to think so. And that makes sense to me, and...

What has Darrington's collaboration with HeroForge done to the Heroforge community?

Yes, what an insane position to take, it couldn't simply be a difference of reasonable opinions.

November is a busy month for crowdfunding campaigns, for me at least. Oof. I backed Lodestar, because it does look so pretty . . . in spaaaace . . . I hope the content lives up to the presentation!

Oof. Bio of a Space Tyrant. As a kid, I missed the creepy themes in the Xanth books and I chased after new books by Piers Anthony. I don't remember if I was still in middle school when I read Bio, but I was young. It was the first book I remember reading, stopping, and wondering, "What the...

We had less to choose from back in the day! And there wasn't a good way to get book reviews before picking up a title as a kid in the 80s. If it had an awesome fantasy cover, it was good to go! And the Thomas Covenant books did have excellent covers!! And once you got past that initial scene...

Ah, thanks! David Eddings was a child abuser, he did real harm in the real world. Piers Anthony wrote a lot of creepy stuff into his work over the years, strong themes of child sexuality and creepy male horniness. Over and over and over again, and not just in his Xanth books (I too, read a lot...

I knew David Eddings is problematic . . . and Piers Anthony as well . . . what happened with (Stephen?) Donaldson?

It's never too late to start a life of crime!

Well, the "male gaze" isn't binary but comes in degrees. Having character descriptions that focus more on female beauty than on other character descriptions is one level, having sexy elves with no pants is another level above that!

Innovation does not always equate to improvement. Innovations, good or bad, don't always "stick". You may or may not like the innovations made. But still, it's innovation. And there is plenty of it within each edition of D&D over the past 50 years. Less so than in some other games, but it's...

Wait . . . I thought D&D has not innovated over the past 50 years . . .

Then why are we having the conversation if you don't care what others think?

Shrug. Okay. Agree to disagree. Innovation isn't binary, it's a matter of degree. Are the various D&D editions the most innovative games ever? No, of course not. But to argue they did not significantly innovate at all . . . well, again, agree to disagree. There's also some pretty innovative...

AD&D was a significant innovation from original D&D. 3rd Edition was a significant innovation from old school D&D. 4th Edition was a significant innovation from 3rd. To the point where cranky fans claimed it was not even D&D! And, I'd also argue that 5th Edition innovated significantly from...

Yes, more.

I love D&D! Both the game, the larger hobby, and the brand. I don't think that is misplaced, it's been an important part of my life since I was a kid in elementary a LONG time ago . . . But I do think that folks put too much onto the game and the company that publishes it, an entitlement for...