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<blockquote data-quote="Trickster Spirit" data-source="post: 6515180" data-attributes="member: 6701829"><p>Estimate the exact number of hardcover splat books a D&D edition can put out before the player base is saturated - for the sake of a nice round number, let's say that that's 100. 100 5E books before the diminishing returns from each product make a new edition necessary.</p><p></p><p>Then, lay down a road map for the next 10 years, during which I plan to put out exactly half of that number - 50 books, so 4-6 a year, putting 5E at about halfway through it's life cycle in 2025. Book sales are of secondary importance to having people actually play the game - the plan of course is to grow the player base as much as possible to get as many butts in seats as possible when it comes to the big movie / TV series / video game premiere. </p><p></p><p>And since book sales aren't actually that much of a concern next to the actual number of groups playing D&D, it makes sense to put most of that material up for free, a la the upcoming Elemental Evil download.</p><p></p><p>That's what I expect Wizard's is already doing, and what I'd do in their place. There are a couple of other things I would do, namely release a proper on-boarding product for first-time groups along the lines of Angry DM's suggestions for a starter set. </p><p></p><p>I'd also make sure Dragon and Dungeon come back as a monthly e-zine to serve as ongoing support for DMs and players hungry for more material. </p><p></p><p>I'd continue to allow third-parties to produce unofficial 5E products under the original OGL, so I could have my cake and eat it too - providing a variety of options for D&D players who want that sort of bloat while retaining plausible deniability about the number of "official" D&D books on shelves and keeping my own costs down.</p><p></p><p>And I'd also do more publicity geared stuff like the Acquisitions, Inc. stuff. Get the Big Bang Theory cast on YouTube being DMed by Chris Perkins (a necessary if bitter evil), or better yet get ourselves on Steven Colbert's Late Night in the fall, maybe an official Late Night web series with players like Vin Diesel and Mike Myers. Hell, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon used to play with Kevin Smith, didn't they?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickster Spirit, post: 6515180, member: 6701829"] Estimate the exact number of hardcover splat books a D&D edition can put out before the player base is saturated - for the sake of a nice round number, let's say that that's 100. 100 5E books before the diminishing returns from each product make a new edition necessary. Then, lay down a road map for the next 10 years, during which I plan to put out exactly half of that number - 50 books, so 4-6 a year, putting 5E at about halfway through it's life cycle in 2025. Book sales are of secondary importance to having people actually play the game - the plan of course is to grow the player base as much as possible to get as many butts in seats as possible when it comes to the big movie / TV series / video game premiere. And since book sales aren't actually that much of a concern next to the actual number of groups playing D&D, it makes sense to put most of that material up for free, a la the upcoming Elemental Evil download. That's what I expect Wizard's is already doing, and what I'd do in their place. There are a couple of other things I would do, namely release a proper on-boarding product for first-time groups along the lines of Angry DM's suggestions for a starter set. I'd also make sure Dragon and Dungeon come back as a monthly e-zine to serve as ongoing support for DMs and players hungry for more material. I'd continue to allow third-parties to produce unofficial 5E products under the original OGL, so I could have my cake and eat it too - providing a variety of options for D&D players who want that sort of bloat while retaining plausible deniability about the number of "official" D&D books on shelves and keeping my own costs down. And I'd also do more publicity geared stuff like the Acquisitions, Inc. stuff. Get the Big Bang Theory cast on YouTube being DMed by Chris Perkins (a necessary if bitter evil), or better yet get ourselves on Steven Colbert's Late Night in the fall, maybe an official Late Night web series with players like Vin Diesel and Mike Myers. Hell, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon used to play with Kevin Smith, didn't they? [/QUOTE]
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