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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sigurd" data-source="post: 5181943" data-attributes="member: 19412">I don't think that's fair. Its no more a fluke for Paizo to do well with their experience than for any other experienced gaming company to do well. They deserve credit for their innovation and player loyalty.1. I think their cheap rules pdfs are a great idea. Anyone with ten bucks can get their fairly massive pdf rulebook. It is cheap enough that players buy it over the PSRD.2. I think their subscription model for their adventure path is really well done. a) People trust their quality - they've earned that - and it generates automatic sales. b) Automatic distribution is the best kind of advertising because it sets up word of mouth.3. They are conspiratorial rather than dictatorial. As an OGL publisher they start by recognizing there are other players in the market and other sources for gaming. They've been very open with material and fans appreciate that. They have high standards, in part, because they have to put the shared material together better than anyone else. They run a fun website where the developers are present and answer questions.4. They have concentrated on one world setting. Golarion is a complicated setting designed for conflict and interesting stories. Their focus on it gives it consistency and lends weight to stories that are set there.5. They're a smaller agile company. You never get the sense that there are more lawyers than gamers.I think they deserve credit for holding themselves to the best trends of game publishing. I wish WOTC would return to its OGL roots (In whatever game edition they choose) and do as well.</blockquote>

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