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I've found many, many times in life that people just figure out how to plug in numbers or do things by rote and not really understanding they why. Even for more complex things like software development. I've almost always wanted to know how things really work and understand. But for a game...

I've played more than one campaign to level 20 now and unlike previous editions I don't see what the problem is unless the DM is setting up situations where spells can bypass everything. It is more complex and combat can take longer (although nowhere near 4e's), but there is still no "I win"...

You've pointed out things that aren't really issues. It's a single tap to see the name of the book, two to see the author. There's an easily ignored note when I'm done with a book, some physical books I have had similar pages in them. In some cases I've appreciated the information. Your flaw is...

If they recommend another book by an author I enjoy, I appreciate it. If they recommend a different author I can take a look at a sample if I care but it's not like they have much influence. I just don't see the issue - of course they want to sell me books. They're a book seller. If they...

Remembering my reading history and letting me know other similar authors is kind of a nice feature. If I enjoy a book by an author, why wouldn't I want to know about other books they've written or similar authors? I fail to see the point.

You were the one who brought up not knowing the name of the book as if it were a negative aspect of the kindle. If you really want to bug your wife* enough to get the name of the book all she has to do is tap at the top of the screen. If you insist on knowing the author she would have to tap a...

If I and my friends are having fun playing the game, I don't care. I also think the doom and gloom over digital is overblown, we still have bookstores even if I personally prefer my kindle. Why does it matter if she's enjoying what she's reading? In addition the name of the book is a tap away...

I'd go with embossed gold plates. Unaffected by the elements outside of extremely hot fire you don't care if it gets wet, will never get eaten by insects or torn up for nesting material by mice. If you're really committed to the idea I suppose you could do it in brail instead so you can read...

I greatly prefer playing in person - there's just no way to replicate the experience online for me. Rolling dice if you're at all organized about how you do it is also seems to be far faster than digital dice in my experience - and having a VTT do it for you would not be nearly as engaging for...

I did do a little research myself and there have been several studies, most of which show fairly minimal differences with no conclusion as to the reasons behind the difference. It's a complex topic and there seems to be little difference if the material being presented is relatively...

Apparently the original version wasn't very flexible, it's why they're rebuilding it. How flexible that new version will be largely depends on goals and the amount of money they're willing to spend. If it's flexible or easily expanded it may not be a limitation.

Just giving my experience l, opinion and preferences. I don't see how reading the exact same text on screen or physical format makes a difference. That's different from, for example, hand writing notes. If you have any links to studies or proof other than stating your opinions as facts I'd be...

History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme, the more things change the more they stay the same. We can't expect an exact repeat of what happened before but that doesn't mean we should dismiss past experience either.

I remember when I was younger reading some sci-fi story about the protagonist reading a physical book instead of on some device long before e-readers were ever a thing. How the physical book was simply "better". At the time I thought it made sense. Then I got a kindle and I will never go back...

I had a literal 5 minutes to do some research and found an article from 2017 How Well is 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons Selling?. D&D 5e did well from the beginning. In 2016 Mike Mearls of WotC tweeted: “5e lifetime PHB sales > 3, 3.5, 4 lifetime. There was no panic, the game sold well from...

Also post something other than a statement that PF never outsold 4e because that has nothing to do with the sales of 5e.

I remember them saying that while the thought they were just releasing 5e to keep the IP alive, sales from day 1 greatly exceeded expectations. Then it saw double digit sales growth for at least several years. There was no panic, they did not think it had failed, it was already growing quickly...

Unless there's some internally generated "History of D&D" I don't think we'll ever really know. Especially now that the entire sales process is different.

It did have a good first year and then sales tanked. Just like every previous editions after D&D's initial growth. The release may have been weaker (people had been burned by 4e after all) but it sold better than expected and had sustained double digit growth for years. Those didn't hurt...

Maybe don't try to fluff up your opinions with sparkle. There are many approaches to game design, many goals, many treatises written on how to do games "better" that to me are just ways of attempting to raise the author's preferences up onto a pedestal. Nah. If you want something different...