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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 8974669" data-attributes="member: 7808"><p>I think this is partially true. Lanasa definitely wants people to think he's important. And he really wants people to think he's wealthy.</p><p></p><p>That being said, he absolutely does not "toss" money around. Multiple people who have worked with him, including [USER=7034739]@GraphPaper Architect[/USER] and [USER=7035166]@Wizard Tower Games[/USER] can confirm that he loves to talk about spending money, but has a terrible track record of paying when the bill is due. The Hovermales (Michael and his son) were never paid a dime for the work they did. The only reason the DHSM stays open is because Jeff Leason is given free housing upstairs; no one is paid money to run it. The only material actually published by NuTSR are the Cult of Abaddon module that Vince Florio gave them for free, and Those Pesky Goblinz which Lanasa cobbled together from OSR material (and a reprint of Cult of Abaddon).</p><p></p><p>Dungeon Crawl is another great example. All of the issues with delivering the game late could have easily been solved if he was willing to cough up even a little money to get things going. Instead, he's doing everything the absolutely cheapest way possible, which means product is delivered slowly (if ever). And quality seem to be taking a hit as well. The photos from the new batch make it look like the card stock is now pretty cheap and full of warping:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]279894[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Why would someone who wanted to buy their way into acclaim and respect in the gaming industry cut corners like this on the board game? Why does he never pay for professional editing on NuTSR's other gaming products? Why did he cheap out on food at the convention? Is it that he thinks his customers are too stupid to realize he's being cheap? Because he doesn't actually have the skill/knowledge to do any better? Or that he doesn't have quite as much money as he wants everyone to think? My guess: all three.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 8974669, member: 7808"] I think this is partially true. Lanasa definitely wants people to think he's important. And he really wants people to think he's wealthy. That being said, he absolutely does not "toss" money around. Multiple people who have worked with him, including [USER=7034739]@GraphPaper Architect[/USER] and [USER=7035166]@Wizard Tower Games[/USER] can confirm that he loves to talk about spending money, but has a terrible track record of paying when the bill is due. The Hovermales (Michael and his son) were never paid a dime for the work they did. The only reason the DHSM stays open is because Jeff Leason is given free housing upstairs; no one is paid money to run it. The only material actually published by NuTSR are the Cult of Abaddon module that Vince Florio gave them for free, and Those Pesky Goblinz which Lanasa cobbled together from OSR material (and a reprint of Cult of Abaddon). Dungeon Crawl is another great example. All of the issues with delivering the game late could have easily been solved if he was willing to cough up even a little money to get things going. Instead, he's doing everything the absolutely cheapest way possible, which means product is delivered slowly (if ever). And quality seem to be taking a hit as well. The photos from the new batch make it look like the card stock is now pretty cheap and full of warping: [ATTACH type="full" alt="DC cards.jpg"]279894[/ATTACH] Why would someone who wanted to buy their way into acclaim and respect in the gaming industry cut corners like this on the board game? Why does he never pay for professional editing on NuTSR's other gaming products? Why did he cheap out on food at the convention? Is it that he thinks his customers are too stupid to realize he's being cheap? Because he doesn't actually have the skill/knowledge to do any better? Or that he doesn't have quite as much money as he wants everyone to think? My guess: all three. [/QUOTE]
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