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This is one of the reasons I'm nervous about the growth of D&D Beyond. We're already starting to see D&D Beyond exclusive products from both Wizards of the Coast and other publishers (including the 5e Cthulhu book by one Mr. Mike Mearls!). Kobold Press recently announced two books using D&D 2024...

I really love those covers.

A fine patron of Sly Flourish posted this to our SF Patreon Discord server where Chris Perkins talks about the burden of the legacy of D&D. I think WOTC also has the burden of being part of a huge publicly traded company as well. They can't run the same sorts of experiments the rest of the RPG...

It can be fun as part of our RPG business punditry hobby, but it really doesn't matter to individual GMs and players. The current popularity of any given RPG, including D&D, doesn't matter much for us and our groups. We play what we play. I don't know how it really changes much for most of us...

I'm always fascinated by these conversations but I always see the goal posts getting moved by people based on what they want to believe. Often it becomes trying to guess what the great uncountable masses are doing in the hobby when no one really has any idea. Personally, I'm seeing a lot of...

Different Mike but I did a whole review of it! I love Dragonbane. Short summary: Roll under is super fast with no math. Initiative is fast. Monster design is super simple Most monsters are solo monsters with cool options The art is awesome Character building is fast and intuitive Character...

If we're talking about duet articles: https://slyflourish.com/running_one-on-one_dnd_games.html https://slyflourish.com/framework_for_one_on_one_dnd.html https://slyflourish.com/balancing_combat_for_one_on_one.html

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Fantastic!!

Why do we need them to?

Sounds like they need to drill in that MTG branding! It's funny. I actually dig D&D 2024. I think it was a net-positive compared to D&D 2014. I also liked Ravnica. Theros wasn't for me and Strixhaven isn't really a sourcebook and I can never forgive it for Silvery Barbs. But it brings up...

How we reach people about the hobby is a different topic than the focus we have on D&D branded versus non-D&D-branded settings as GMs. I've introduced a lot of people to D&D and RPGs too and I don't think its any harder to talk to someone about running a campaign in Midgard than it is to talk to...

I don't know why I don't get a response to this part of it but the same team members who make settings when they work at WOTC also make settings when they're not at WOTC: Midgard (Wolfgang Baur, Dan Dillon) Islands of Sina Una (Mackenzie De Armas) Tal'Dorei Reborn (James Haeck) Numenera (Monte...

Sure. And they have.

Here’s an incomplete list of settings I thought were really cool. As a disclaimer, some of these were sent to me as review copies. Dolmenwood Aethereal Expanse Grim Hollow Arora Broken Weave Fateforge Ptolus Arcana of the Ancients Path of the Planebreaker Midgard Southlands Labyrinth Ebon...

I'll try to clarify where I'm coming from. I don't want any single company (whoever they are) to dictate my happiness with RPGs. I love the whole hobby. I love lots of different RPGs and lots of different products from lots of different companies (including WOTC). The strength of this hobby...

I don't know what the budgets are. I know some sourcebooks by other publishers had large budgets that may have been higher than the budgets of a given WOTC book but its hard to know for sure. I doubt the budgets scale up given the size of Hasbro compared to an independent publisher. But the...

I guess I took the definition of urban fantasy as the definitions of the two terms that make up the phrase. They take place in cities and they have fantasy. If contemporary is part of it, have you seen Blades 68? Would that count?

That's the trick isn't it. They put something out and the very next reaction is "not like that". The setting we have in our head isn't what they're going to put out. I don't have a desire for any particular setting. I like to get excited by what people make. That's true except for D&D settings...

I'll just add that part of my point is that those same talented and creative folks have worked at WOTC or now work at WOTC as well. Same people. And for the campaign settings I mentioned (and many I didn't), I argue their production quality is on par with WOTC. And my other argument is that...