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The following post will hopefully clear up a few things about my own position. What you guys have been seeing is a radical change from past release schedules so that this game can bring in more people. This is so that the game can flourish in a digital world. Now, this necessitates one kind of...

That is a true statement; however, if you will allow me to introduce my personal experience as more anecdotal evidence in a thread full of anecdotal evidence: I am now finally playing this game because for the first time, it is widely available and welcoming to all. That is my perception, as a...

I was speaking broadly there about how marketing strategies work. Obviously, there are specific examples that we can debate all day. The D&D games are fine. SWOTR went through a period where it was among the worst kind of rip-off trash in the industry, but it has finally settled in to...

Speaking in a broader marketing sense rather than as someone who played 4e (so I don't have an personal opinion either way about 4e vs. 5e and the quality of the content) -- you've hit the nail on the head with your use of the word "predatory". I know from experience that too much of this kind...

You've given the straightforward, adult way of handling the situation for sure; but I am imagining myself as another player at this DM's table. I am a crabby old lady who would never think of abusing the rules in such a way and in any kind of game. I really dislike it when players try to get...

Hi. I am someone who is new-ish to actually playing the game, but not new to keeping up with the various iterations over the years (right down to buying PHBs a couple of times because I was "really going to get into it this time), going back to the 1980's. I also used to work in design and...

Hello everyone, longtime lurker finally decided to register. :)