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<blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 8552128" data-attributes="member: 6807784"><p>It is possibly one of the most vindicating tweet threads I have ever read, because I've felt this way for years.</p><p></p><p>The TTRPG market rants and raves about 5E being top dog, but won't play anything but 5E. Seriously, C7 even announced they have a literal dozen projects in the works for the original Dr. Who game, and people still act like there's no content, game, or active line for the IP outside of 5E.</p><p></p><p>It is a lose-lose situation. No one buys the Dr. Who game, you make 5E version, now other writers and game designers and a huge amount of customers are treating you like trash because you need to make money and they won't buy your game.</p><p></p><p>What is C7 supposed to do? Keep getting smaller every year as people ignore them? Deal with a literal storm of hate on Twitter everytime they try to make a smart business decision? And keep in mind, they haven't even talked about their new game at all. We don't know what mechanics it does and does not have. But everyone, literally everyone, assumes that this book will be for people to play in as if it were the Forgotten Realms and uses this assumption to attack them.</p><p></p><p>Its insane, and it really highlights the absolute pitiful state the industry is in underneath the glamorous, D&D-glazed surface.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shardstone, post: 8552128, member: 6807784"] It is possibly one of the most vindicating tweet threads I have ever read, because I've felt this way for years. The TTRPG market rants and raves about 5E being top dog, but won't play anything but 5E. Seriously, C7 even announced they have a literal dozen projects in the works for the original Dr. Who game, and people still act like there's no content, game, or active line for the IP outside of 5E. It is a lose-lose situation. No one buys the Dr. Who game, you make 5E version, now other writers and game designers and a huge amount of customers are treating you like trash because you need to make money and they won't buy your game. What is C7 supposed to do? Keep getting smaller every year as people ignore them? Deal with a literal storm of hate on Twitter everytime they try to make a smart business decision? And keep in mind, they haven't even talked about their new game at all. We don't know what mechanics it does and does not have. But everyone, literally everyone, assumes that this book will be for people to play in as if it were the Forgotten Realms and uses this assumption to attack them. Its insane, and it really highlights the absolute pitiful state the industry is in underneath the glamorous, D&D-glazed surface. [/QUOTE]
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