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I would expect that crowd funding also allowed more direct customer to product funding so that publishers were less part of the decision chain as much as the customers themselves are. Now customers interested in a specific game can make sure that their voices are heard.
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@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
It has jack shit to do with Wizards and Hasbro. They are flat abandoning D&D.
Really? They've been pushing D&D 5E ridiculously hard since it came out, season event, new books and formats, it's not 3.5 for sure but it plays better, is much more streamlined, and easier to introduce people to. 4th Edition was a misstep sure but 5E has been bringing in a ton of new players that wouldn't have been exposed to the genre otherwise. Then you can introduce them to other RPGs.
They are getting butts in seats and to cons which is a good thing.
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@RestoronixDavid said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
Running through Endless Space and Endless Legend, the world building in these games is so well done. Amplitude does a bang up job, anyone playing Endless Space 2? How is it holding up so far?
I really want to play ES2. I haven't bought it though since things have been...interesting...from a financial perspective lately. Hopefully soon though. If not there are always Steam sales.
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@RestoronixDavid said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
Running through Endless Space and Endless Legend, the world building in these games is so well done. Amplitude does a bang up job, anyone playing Endless Space 2? How is it holding up so far?
Endless Legend is one of my all-time favorites
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Endless SPace 2 is on my wishlist, I have their other titles.
To get me interested in a DnD crpg again, there needs to be a single player one released. The MMO stuff(DDO, Neverwinter) is crap.
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@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
They are getting butts in seats and to cons which is a good thing.
GenCon is more about card gaming than D&D or RPGs anymore.
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@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
They are getting butts in seats and to cons which is a good thing.
GenCon is more about card gaming than D&D or RPGs anymore.
Things are always going to change. There are some awesome card games out right now
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@wirestyle22 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
They are getting butts in seats and to cons which is a good thing.
GenCon is more about card gaming than D&D or RPGs anymore.
Things are always going to change. There are some awesome card games out right now
I have no complaint about card games as a genre. I do not happen to play one at the moment only because i have no time.
But GenCon lost its way years ago when WoTC ditched it and it became its own company.
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@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@wirestyle22 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
They are getting butts in seats and to cons which is a good thing.
GenCon is more about card gaming than D&D or RPGs anymore.
Things are always going to change. There are some awesome card games out right now
I have no complaint about card games as a genre. I do not happen to play one at the moment only because i have no time.
But GenCon lost its way years ago when WoTC ditched it and it became its own company.
I have heard it's changed for the worse. That's very unfortunate.
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@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
It has jack shit to do with Wizards and Hasbro. They are flat abandoning D&D.
Really? They've been pushing D&D 5E ridiculously hard since it came out, season event, new books and formats, it's not 3.5 for sure but it plays better, is much more streamlined, and easier to introduce people to. 4th Edition was a misstep sure but 5E has been bringing in a ton of new players that wouldn't have been exposed to the genre otherwise. Then you can introduce them to other RPGs.
Enworld has a release calendar and there is NOTHING worth a crap coming out for 5e.
5e itself has been out for 3 years now. There is almsot no content coming out. 2 decent products per year is nothing.
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Laura and I just started playing A Game of Thrones The Card Game: Second Edition. It's very fun but I'm starting to see how daunting it is for her to play games like this. She's not a gamer and as much as she is willing to play I don't think she will ever care about winning. It's hard for someone like me to play a game casually. Not really sure how to include her in my hobbies sometimes and all she really does is practice her viola, read and watch the news.
I feel bad about it
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@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
They are getting butts in seats and to cons which is a good thing.
GenCon is more about card gaming than D&D or RPGs anymore.
That's really a move for the market. Card games are an ongoing revenue stream.
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Some of my old D&D group were here last night and now that we are back in Texas we've decided to get the band back together.
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@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
It has jack shit to do with Wizards and Hasbro. They are flat abandoning D&D.
Really? They've been pushing D&D 5E ridiculously hard since it came out, season event, new books and formats, it's not 3.5 for sure but it plays better, is much more streamlined, and easier to introduce people to. 4th Edition was a misstep sure but 5E has been bringing in a ton of new players that wouldn't have been exposed to the genre otherwise. Then you can introduce them to other RPGs.
Enworld has a release calendar and there is NOTHING worth a crap coming out for 5e.
5e itself has been out for 3 years now. There is almsot no content coming out. 2 decent products per year is nothing.
Curse of Strahd, Volo's Guide to Monsters, Storm King's Thunder? These were released in the past year or two. All of them were excellent story lines. Tales from the Yawning Portal is decent too even if it's just a rehash of old products. They're introducing a new storyline very shortly as well which should have the same quality of Strahd or SKT.
They are also doing something new with Unearthed Arcana which I much prefer to a new Player's Handbook.
To be honest I'm really not a big fan of D&D it never captured me like it did so many people. And the revocation of the OGL with 5e rubbed me the wrong way. But to say that Wizards abandoned D&D really doesn't mesh well with what I'm seeing.
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@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
It has jack shit to do with Wizards and Hasbro. They are flat abandoning D&D.
Really? They've been pushing D&D 5E ridiculously hard since it came out, season event, new books and formats, it's not 3.5 for sure but it plays better, is much more streamlined, and easier to introduce people to. 4th Edition was a misstep sure but 5E has been bringing in a ton of new players that wouldn't have been exposed to the genre otherwise. Then you can introduce them to other RPGs.
Enworld has a release calendar and there is NOTHING worth a crap coming out for 5e.
5e itself has been out for 3 years now. There is almsot no content coming out. 2 decent products per year is nothing.
Curse of Strahd, Volo's Guide to Monsters, Storm King's Thunder? These were released in the past year or two. All of them were excellent story lines. Tales from the Yawning Portal is decent too even if it's just a rehash of old products. They're introducing a new storyline very shortly as well which should have the same quality of Strahd or SKT.
They are also doing something new with Unearthed Arcana which I much prefer to a new Player's Handbook.
If you compare this release schedule with the release schedule of the past, there is simply no content coming out.
The core game is stagnating.
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@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
To be honest I'm really not a big fan of D&D it never captured me like it did so many people. And the revocation of the OGL with 5e rubbed me the wrong way. But to say that Wizards abandoned D&D really doesn't mesh well with what I'm seeing.
This is the huge stupid thing they did. On top of not release much content on their own, no one else can release any good content. SO the entire ecosystem has gone to shit.
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@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
It has jack shit to do with Wizards and Hasbro. They are flat abandoning D&D.
Really? They've been pushing D&D 5E ridiculously hard since it came out, season event, new books and formats, it's not 3.5 for sure but it plays better, is much more streamlined, and easier to introduce people to. 4th Edition was a misstep sure but 5E has been bringing in a ton of new players that wouldn't have been exposed to the genre otherwise. Then you can introduce them to other RPGs.
Enworld has a release calendar and there is NOTHING worth a crap coming out for 5e.
5e itself has been out for 3 years now. There is almsot no content coming out. 2 decent products per year is nothing.
Curse of Strahd, Volo's Guide to Monsters, Storm King's Thunder? These were released in the past year or two. All of them were excellent story lines. Tales from the Yawning Portal is decent too even if it's just a rehash of old products. They're introducing a new storyline very shortly as well which should have the same quality of Strahd or SKT.
They are also doing something new with Unearthed Arcana which I much prefer to a new Player's Handbook.
If you compare this release schedule with the release schedule of the past, there is simply no content coming out.
The core game is stagnating.
But it's not different, actually they are releasing more. The core game is basically the same as previous editions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons
The only thing that has changed is that 3rd party publishers can't publish books without incurring a, from all accounts, outrageous licensing fee.
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@JaredBusch said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
@coliver said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
To be honest I'm really not a big fan of D&D it never captured me like it did so many people. And the revocation of the OGL with 5e rubbed me the wrong way. But to say that Wizards abandoned D&D really doesn't mesh well with what I'm seeing.
This is the huge stupid thing they did. On top of not release much content on their own, no one else can release any good content. SO the entire ecosystem has gone to shit.
This I will agree to. Limiting who can publish modules is just killing the game in and of itself. It's pushing all of the good publishers to other systems.
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@wirestyle22 said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:
Laura and I just started playing A Game of Thrones The Card Game: Second Edition. It's very fun but I'm starting to see how daunting it is for her to play games like this. She's not a gamer and as much as she is willing to play I don't think she will ever care about winning. It's hard for someone like me to play a game casually. Not really sure how to include her in my hobbies sometimes and all she really does is practice her viola, read and watch the news.
I feel bad about it
Try some story based or coop games. This one might be too young, but I've heard a lot of great things about it: https://www.plaidhatgames.com/games/mice-and-mystics.
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I got my Switch last week and have played PuyoPuyo Tetris, MarioKart 8 and Breath of the Wild on it. Breath of the Wild is pretty much a perfect game so far, and being able to play on the go is great. MK8 is polished to a fine sheen and worth playing. So far I'm digging the Switch a lot and see it as a replacement to my Vita for mobile gaming. The battery life isn't great so if you're traveling you'll need a portable charger if you want to play for longer than 2.5 hours.
