Appz. Yo.

[Sekhmet]

...I've been handwriting my character sheets since AD&D.
Who buys character sheets?

 

[Empath Negative]

...I've been handwriting my character sheets since AD&D.
Who buys character sheets?

Enough people that they sell them at hobby shoppes. Sorry, didn't know you were so hardxore.

 

[Sekhmet]

I honestly have never seen a character sheet in a store.
The hobby shops I've been to will print one out for you for a small fee (usually about $0.10), or you can find custom made ones online for nothing, as well as the old spreadsheet style stuff you can make in Excel or whatnot.

Buying character sheets is crazy.

 

[Empath Negative]

I honestly have never seen a character sheet in a store.
The hobby shops I've been to will print one out for you for a small fee (usually about $0.10), or you can find custom made ones online for nothing, as well as the old spreadsheet style stuff you can make in Excel or whatnot.

Buying character sheets is crazy.

D&D Dungeons Dragons CHARACTER SHEETS 11642 In Plastic | eBay


Really?

Homeslice up there is actually selling them for $13.00.

 

[the Jester]

Nah, yours too.

Thank you for telling me I don't know how I'll run my game, but you are completely wrong. I 100% assure you that my D&D game will always be pen and paper at the table. Not apps.

Why? Because there's a s*** ton of money to be made in apps... if you market and sell them correctly.

This has nothing to do with my game. Not a bit. Not a smidgen. Not a mote of dust's worth.

Although many people (such as myself) love just even *having* the books, it would almost be smarter for Wizards to market their product almost exclusively digital.

Which would mean that I wouldn't buy that product, not that I would slavishly leap on the bandwagon just because the name "D&D" is attached to it.

If the books are digital they can incorporate apps right into them.

...which will go obsolete. There are still people playing OD&D today, roughly 40 years later. No one will still play "D&D Apps" 40 years later.

For example, let's say the D&D Master Edition that's coming up Sells all its books digitally... and then sells you an app that becomes a kind of interactive SRD for your books, allowing you to build your character via things from the books you've purchased.

The place where you're going wrong here is in the "sells [me] an app" part. D&D Master Edition (?), were it all digital, would get a pass from me, plain and simple.

But the real interesting money will be in "digital dice".

What are digital dice? Something I just invented. They don't exist yet. They would be dice connected to your gaming portal via bluetooth (i.e. your smart phone or ipad) that tell that smart phone or ipad what you rolled (which, let's face it... would be a total novelty but you know techie nerds and geeks would love it... combining the visceral feel of rolling and the digital convenience of... digital).

Why not just use an electronic dice roller app? After all, you can't resell it on eBay.

No, I'm not persuaded that my game, too, will be run on apps. Not a whit. Not at all. Not ever.

 

[Sekhmet]

Crazy. Absolutely bonkers.
I guess people will pay for anything.

 

[Empath Negative]

Thank you for telling me I don't know how I'll run my game, but you are completely wrong. I 100% assure you that my D&D game will always be pen and paper at the table. Not apps.



This has nothing to do with my game. Not a bit. Not a smidgen. Not a mote of dust's worth.



Which would mean that I wouldn't buy that product, not that I would slavishly leap on the bandwagon just because the name "D&D" is attached to it.



...which will go obsolete. There are still people playing OD&D today, roughly 40 years later. No one will still play "D&D Apps" 40 years later.



The place where you're going wrong here is in the "sells [me] an app" part. D&D Master Edition (?), were it all digital, would get a pass from me, plain and simple.



Why not just use an electronic dice roller app? After all, you can't resell it on eBay.

No, I'm not persuaded that my game, too, will be run on apps. Not a whit. Not at all. Not ever.

Clearly... you've never met our good friends the Capitalists. Men and women who excel at getting you to do stuff you're not all that inclined to do.

Like eat pink slime.

Or ground up bugs. In candy. Shellac – A Candy Ingredient Made from Bugs Eat Like No One Else

You can be a holdout if you like, and I laud your efforts. But I for one welcome our new Android overlords.

 

[Duke Arioch]

...I've been handwriting my character sheets since AD&D.
Who buys character sheets?

I use sheets of my own design. I would XP you, but I can't yet .

 

[BriarMonkey]

These games are social affairs. Your phone is not. Neither is a tablet, nor a computer, nor any other electronic device.

My table will always be a table where friends get together and socialize over a game that they all enjoy - not, sit around and text each-other.

What you espouse is that everyone play World of Warcraft - it's a different animal, and I used to play that too. But it's not a face-to-face social event at the table.

And it matters not who builds what, the RPG industry is niche, and just because you build it, does not mean that they will come.

Regardless - if that is how you envision your table to play, then you are free to enjoy it.

 

[kitcik]

Clearly... you've never met our good friends the Capitalists. Men and women who excel at getting you to do stuff you're not all that inclined to do.

Like eat pink slime.

Or ground up bugs. In candy. Shellac – A Candy Ingredient Made from Bugs Eat Like No One Else

You can be a holdout if you like, and I laud your efforts. But I for one welcome our new Android overlords.

When SHE asks you WILL convert to tablet top gaming.

It's only one letter different, after all...