Acquisitions Inc. switching to Daggerheart

[Reynard]

Fair, I'm basing it off of tge 500,000 characters created in Demiplane as of GenCon. Obviously tge game hasn't sold 500,000 copies...but the interest level us a different magnitude.

I'm just saying, it is a category mistake to say that Daggerheart looks like a Shadowdark level success. It is a different level.

Shadowdark is ubiquitous and had tons of GenCon games. I don't know where you are getting the idea that DH is an order of magnitude bigger.

Look,I love DH. It is now my heroic D&D go-to. But Shadowdark is a big deal in the space.

 

[CleverNickName]

I always ignore any youtube channel that has a ragey click bait title. It's a never ending battle.

 

[darjr]

Fair, I'm basing it off of tge 500,000 characters created in Demiplane as of GenCon. Obviously tge game hasn't sold 500,000 copies...but the interest level us a different magnitude.

I'm just saying, it is a category mistake to say that Daggerheart looks like a Shadowdark level success. It is a different level.

I get that you see it that way but I just can’t agree with you.

Maybe perception is much higher but actual games and people interested seems about the same both locally and in a broader front.

I think the potential for DH is much higher. Especially if they’d used it for CR Seasin 4.

 

[Parmandur]

Shadowdark is ubiquitous and had tons of GenCon games. I don't know where you are getting the idea that DH is an order of magnitude bigger.

Look,I love DH. It is now my heroic D&D go-to. But Shadowdark is a big deal in the space.

I'm not particularly into either game, have no intention of picking up either or playing in either. I'm not saying anything against Shadowdark, but Conve turn play is one thing...I am seeing way, way more about Daggerheart in the broader culture than Shadowdark. Like, people I know IRL off-line have heard of Daggerheart, not so much Shadowdark.

 

[Reynard]

I'm not particularly into either game, have no intention of picking up either or playing in either. I'm not saying anything against Shadowdark, but Conve turn play is one thing...I am seeing way, way more about Daggerheart in the broader culture than Shadowdark. Like, people I know IRL off-line have heard of Daggerheart, not so much Shadowdark.

So, anecdotally. Which is fine. But I wouldn't build a bridge out of it.

 

[Parmandur]

I get that you see it that way but I just can’t agree with you.

Maybe perception is much higher but actual games and people interested seems about the same both locally and in a broader front.

I think the potential for DH is much higher. Especially if they’d used it for CR Seasin 4.

Yeah, I think not just the potential is higher, it seems to me that Daggerheart may already have reached a very rare height for TTRPGs.

Shadowdark is very successful, people are making a living off of it...but I don't see the same level of awareness outside of hobbyist spaces.

 

[Parmandur]

So, anecdotally. Which is fine. But I wouldn't build a bridge out of it.

Right, which is why I referred to more concrete numbers, like Shadowdarks very nice Kickstarter numbers and Daggerheart's frankly astonishing Demiplane engagement.

 

[CleverNickName]

Copies of Daggerheart are being auctioned on eBay right now, with bids on the unopened boxed sets starting at $599. Bidding on just the book starts at $90.

I love the game but that's bananas.