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The words are important, what actions (if any) they take after this (and how transparent they are with those actions) are equally important, if not more so.

We're drifting off-topic but you're covering a period with three emperors - Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926), and Showa. There are some significant shifts between periods (like Taisho being more progressive and reformist with some fascist rumblings in the background, before taking a hard...

Minor correction - World War II was the Showa period (1926-1989).

As I mentioned earlier - Orion does make clear in his post that he's not just done working with WotC, he's also done writing TRPGs and with the whole Tabletop Gaming hobby as a whole. So any potential TRPG employer that he's alienating isn't actually a potential employer.

The past few months, between #MeToo and #SpeakingOut has shown otherwise - The past few weeks have had a dramatic number of bad actors and broken stairs in comics, video games, and wrestling called out for their actions - including high profile names like Warren Ellis, Chris Avallone, and the...

As I mentioned earlier when I did my multi-book "Asian Adventures" pitch - bringing more people of different cultural backgrounds onboard in positions of leadership and authority for the writing of setting material that takes inspiration from their cultural background can only be a net positive...

Xaolin Showdown was created by a first-generation Chinese immigrant, Christy Hui. Also, it only lasted a single season from what I can tell attempts to do follow-up series have failed. That could be due to complaints about cultural insensitivity with some of the episodes that Hui had less...

This point I disagree on - just because D&D isn't going to be #1 in Japan doesn't mean it shouldn't be there. Japan has a thriving tabletop RPG scene, and it's clear that in Japan as in the US, there are plenty of designers of CRPGs who also play tabletop games. If you don't believe me - look at...

That's up to the people who write the book, and making those changes isn't going to be what gets someone to change their mind and buy the book. (sighs and turns his chair around backwards) WotC isn't getting the Chinese market. It's not happening. I tap-danced around things to avoid getting...

Short answer - because the actual plays and streams that work the most (Critical Role, Friends at the Table, etc.) are ones done by people with a familiarity to gaming, and who have gamed together before, where the action plays out organically - where the players are comfortable to express...

The thing is, there are Japanese Tabletop RPGs - which scratch some of the same itches as D&D, and which also scratch some of the itches that I think he is trying to scratch with his hypothetical 5E OA. To stop pulling punches here - @LuisCarlos17f, what it sounds like you're describing is a...

I've really been meaning to see this play - my local High School put on a production of the play, and I meant to go see it, but stuff kept getting in the way. I'll have to try to see this.

Just because the term is not offensive in your country doesn't mean that the term isn't offensive to other populations, such as populations of Asian ancestry in the US (where WotC is based). I have found that the key to understanding, when it comes to addressing the objections that people of...

My complaint is that you're using a definition of Otaku that assumes that the movie "Dragon Inn" falls under anime for purposes of what the fandom covers. There isn't really an overall term for "fantasy manga" - particularly since there are a whole bunch of sub-categories - like "isekai" anime...

(Emphasis mine) You keep using that word - I don't think it means what you think it means. Particularly since there is an extremely long tradition of western-inspired fantasy in Anime, whether we're talking stuff like Lodoss and Slayers in the 90s, or a lot of modern Isekai like Sword Art...

So, I've given a lot of thought in terms of, if WotC was going to do a successor/replacement book for what OA is (but not called Oriental Adventures), they should probably. As has been mentioned repeatedly, but bears repeating - not call it OA. Instead, use the title of the setting for the...

Spelljammer fits the 2nd and 4th - not so sure about 1st and 3rd. They teased it in Dungeons of the Mage, so it might fit 3?

I don't think WotC has the rights to Blackmoor, but I could be wrong.

I mean, this needed to happen, and I'm glad it did. I'm interested in seeing how things will work with GenCon online.

Very nice, though I am concerned that I might be eaten by a grue.