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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gnarlo" data-source="post: 8359108" data-attributes="member: 2995">We can only be asked to do what we can; I don't think any of us can be expected to quit our jobs and go out in the streets to organize marches to improve fair wages for RPG creators <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I'm the same; I minimize what I buy on Amazon to only what I can't get locally, there is a certain chicken sandwich place I won't frequent even though I loved their sandwiches because I want to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ community, the same with a certain hobby and craft chain, I pledged on an OSR kickstarter from one of our members here promoting diversity even though I don't play OSR (hell, I haven't actually played an actual old or new pen and paper RPG in over 10 years) because I wanted to put my money where my mouth is... Are you or I going to change the world? Hell no, but in the end we have to sleep with ourselves at night, and I sleep fine <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Back on topic, I think part of the problem as well is the attitude of "It costs how much?! I'm not going to pay that!!" keeping prices below what folks can live on. Up thread someone posted how the 1e DMG cost $15 when it came out, and that would be over $60 adjusted for inflation today. Can you imagine the rending of garments and gnashing of teeth if WOTC tried to charge $60 for the rule books today?**  It's easy, just go look at any of the message threads when Hasbro announced the reprinting of HeroQuest at $100 and the outrage at the "money grab" at charging that much, even though several of us did the math and pointed out that the $100 was within a dollar or two of how much it cost in the 80's, adjusted for inflation...**Now, whether or not the extra money at $60 would actually go to the artists and creators or stay in the company coffers is an entirely different argument for another time <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />*** and yes, there's probably economy of scale issues and etc where WOTC and Hasbro are involved as well when compared to the old TSR back in the day, but quit messing up a perfectly good example <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" /></blockquote>

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