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Some of us enjoy the cinema experience. I already own The Fifth Element on Blu-Ray. I'm excited about seeing it on the big screen again.

Um, yes? A successful money grab?

Money grab? Man, I really dislike that phrase. Yes, they hope to make some money. Why else would they bring the film back to theatres? Movie cinemas are struggling, and one of the things the industry is doing to try and boost income is to bring back older films for a limited theatrical re-run...

Got it. Sorry I misunderstood. But neither of you know the numbers of folks who have decided to leave D&D 5E for another game. Certainly people have, but listening to folks kvetch on online forums is anecdotal at best. I agree that the communities for other games are healthy, vibrant, and...

I don't think you do respect his opinion, based on your posts in this thread. Shea isn't "taking sides", he's expressing his opinion that the "OGL Crisis" was bad, but the industry three years later is stronger for it. And he asked for our thoughts on that idea. You disagree, which is okay...

D&D is a game, and has not been actively hostile at all. The company publishing the game, first TSR and then WotC, have taken various actions over the past 50 years that have been negative, hostile, and also positive and supporting. Both companies had changing leadership over the years and...

Oh the "apology" was very corporate, to be sure. Didn't sit well with me, but then I shrugged and moved on. Personally, I focus more on what the creatives on the design team are doing and saying than what the marketing folks or c-suite folks are doing, saying, and pushing on those actually...

OP did? I think I read a different original post . . . Shea put forth an idea, an argument, then asked for feedback. He's not telling you what to do or how to feel. He's definitely putting a positive spin on the aftermath of the "OGL Crisis" . . . but some folks have positive outlooks on life...

The YouTube link goes to your podcast instead. Some of us like watching your face while we listen! ;)

I might be missing something here, but . . . are you arguing that D&D 5E play and interest DOESN'T dwarf all other tabletop RPG games? Because it does, by a long mile. There are tons of other wonderful TTRPGs out there with passionate player communities . . . but in numbers, none of them hold a...

Whataboutism? That's not . . . sigh. WotC didn't burn down the OGL. They tried, failed, and then course-corrected and we got something better. WotC isn't a person, it is a corporation made of lots of people, with different ideas and agendas. During the OGL "crisis", some people in charge wanted...

I run an middle-level afterschool D&D Club. Most of the kids are not interested in any games other than D&D . . . one kid was a Pathfinder advocate, but I suspect they had a "fun uncle" pushing the game in their life. And I've come to realize . . . D&D is too complicated for most middle-school...

Multiple things can be true at the same time. A product can serve multiple purposes. One of Dancy's motivations to create the OGL was to preserve D&D from future corporate decisions. But the WotC execs weren't going to give the okay for that reason! The OGL also served, as you point out, to...

All good, huh? It's the above quote that gets me to not take you seriously. It's fine, of course, to not care for the current edition of D&D, and to not care for WotC as a company. A lot of the games you mention you do like are fantastic games! But to characterize those who do like D&D 5E as...

WotC is not the villain some folks make them out to be, but anyway, to the best of my knowledge, Mongoose is not partnering with WotC at all. They are using the 5E rules via the CC license, that's it. And this is a win-win for fans. For those like you, who are not interested in Traveller 5E...

Yes! Subclasses, backgrounds, feats . . . maybe even some new species . . . Sounds very cool!

WotC and DriveThru have stopped, or at least paused, adding products to the back catalog. You describe this with loaded words like hate, dislike, and uncaring. But you do not actually know WHY they have paused adding more classic titles. It would be nice if somebody at WotC kept us updated on...

Hatred, dislike, uncaring . . . none of those words apply, IMO. So, as I suspected, you have no idea WHY the very few remaining gaps in the back catalog remain unfilled.

I have a friend who works in higher ed and also swears AI improves his workflow . . . but I suspect, as you discuss, that there are hidden costs he is not realizing.

Hatred? Okay. It would be nice to get the 5E books in PDF. Sure. Do you have any actual knowledge of the "legacy" ebooks "discontinuation"? The back catalog is mostly available. There are gaps, of course. Is this because WotC and DriveThru have "discontinued" the project, or because of other...