Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Geek Talk & Media
dry humor (add your jokes)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="superstition" data-source="post: 7376978" data-attributes="member: 32866"><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive: I liked what I read from you in the forum. You seem like a smart cookie.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Me: I am, thank you.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive: How would you like to lead a team to create your own custom tabletop strategic RPG, inspired by D&D?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Me: Fine, as long as you’re okay with getting a product that no one will play.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive: Well, that could be due to two possibilities. A) It would be because you made a boring product. B) Because you copied an existing game, say D&D, so much that it made the product seem boring. Oh, I guess there’s just one possibility then. Oh, yes, there’s C. Would you put your heart and soul into developing this game?</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Me: Of course.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive: Then it can’t be a failure, even if no one plays it.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">——————— in reality ———————</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive 1: Remakes and regurgitations are all the rage lately. Did you actually like The Middle? Did you think it was funny?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive 2: No, of course it wasn’t funny. It wasn’t supposed to be funny. It was supposed to be cheap. It was a total ripoff of Malcolm in the Middle and it was awful by comparison. But, it was a step above Ice Road Truckers and reruns of Star Trek: The Next Generation.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive 3: Hey, I loved that show.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive 2: You don’t watch TV anymore do you?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive 3: Um, no… not really. Not since 1995 or so.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive 1: Which means?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive 2: It’s been rerun <em>to death</em>. Don’t you two know anything about television?</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive 1: Should we?</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive 3: I have an XBox that I’ve never unpacked. A gift from me mum.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive 1: Back to remakes. I hear D&D is doing nicely lately. Any plans to make a knockoff of it?</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executive 2: Let’s make it as similar as possible. The CCG failed but only because we didn’t make it enough like MtG. Innovation = pain.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Corporate executives 1 & 3: Yes. Innovation = pain.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="superstition, post: 7376978, member: 32866"] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive: I liked what I read from you in the forum. You seem like a smart cookie.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Me: I am, thank you.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive: How would you like to lead a team to create your own custom tabletop strategic RPG, inspired by D&D?[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Me: Fine, as long as you’re okay with getting a product that no one will play.[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive: Well, that could be due to two possibilities. A) It would be because you made a boring product. B) Because you copied an existing game, say D&D, so much that it made the product seem boring. Oh, I guess there’s just one possibility then. Oh, yes, there’s C. Would you put your heart and soul into developing this game?[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Me: Of course.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive: Then it can’t be a failure, even if no one plays it.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]——————— in reality ———————[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive 1: Remakes and regurgitations are all the rage lately. Did you actually like The Middle? Did you think it was funny?[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive 2: No, of course it wasn’t funny. It wasn’t supposed to be funny. It was supposed to be cheap. It was a total ripoff of Malcolm in the Middle and it was awful by comparison. But, it was a step above Ice Road Truckers and reruns of Star Trek: The Next Generation.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive 3: Hey, I loved that show.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive 2: You don’t watch TV anymore do you?[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive 3: Um, no… not really. Not since 1995 or so.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive 1: Which means?[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive 2: It’s been rerun [I]to death[/I]. Don’t you two know anything about television?[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive 1: Should we?[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive 3: I have an XBox that I’ve never unpacked. A gift from me mum.[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive 1: Back to remakes. I hear D&D is doing nicely lately. Any plans to make a knockoff of it?[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executive 2: Let’s make it as similar as possible. The CCG failed but only because we didn’t make it enough like MtG. Innovation = pain.[/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica]Corporate executives 1 & 3: Yes. Innovation = pain.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Geek Talk & Media
dry humor (add your jokes)
Top