tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post5895003662964196277..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: ChurnAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-8834904085980643752018-12-07T05:50:28.556-07:002018-12-07T05:50:28.556-07:00Anecdotally speaking . . .
I have two older broth...Anecdotally speaking . . .<br /><br />I have two older brothers. We've all played the game. The eldest still plays; Pathfinder, probably 5e, and his daughter play in his game. The second brother stopped playing when he went to college years ago. He recalls the game in the manner described above: a thing children did and that we grow out of.<br /><br />I don't actively play because I don't have time. Instead, I find a few minutes or an hour here and there to research, make new rules, build databases, write my blog, etc. When I do run again, it won't be the current edition. I'll probably never purchase a WotC product again.<br /><br />Am I one of these 8.6 million? What about my brothers?<br /><br />I wrote about the potential of a digital platform for D&D (https://crossingtheverse.wordpress.com/2018/11/18/on-the-potential-of-dd-beyond/) but imI starting to rethink my assessment: maybe Wizard's isn't making as much off their 8 million players as I thought . . .Ozymandiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01065642299277380465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-7345800353590362952018-12-07T05:43:03.384-07:002018-12-07T05:43:03.384-07:00I love the first five reviews for the book. Really...I love the first five reviews for the book. Really gives a sense of who the author is.Ozymandiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01065642299277380465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-23589688436582793142018-12-03T20:00:07.297-07:002018-12-03T20:00:07.297-07:00Rob, I'd be happy to know how they got the num...Rob, I'd be happy to know how they got the numbers for players. It sounds awfully fluffed up. According to <a href="https://www.statista.com/topics/1770/winter-sports/" rel="nofollow">statista.com</a>, the number of participants skiing in the U.S. has ranged from 11.42 million to 16.03. The number of snowboarders in 2016 were approximately 7.6 million. Maybe it's just my anecdotal bias showing, but I'm having a little trouble believing that D&D is competing with those numbers. Where's the endlessly looping video of D&D players throwing dice when I go to the bar?Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-52729346982935372752018-12-03T19:52:42.151-07:002018-12-03T19:52:42.151-07:00Most likely, Fuzzy, the WOTC talks that way becaus...Most likely, Fuzzy, the WOTC talks that way because their marketing tells them so. Companies rarely release a word about anything unless marketing has put their kindly, caring spin on it first. Personally, I get a lot of support from both Europe and Asia, plus Australia ~ and absolutely, thanks to all of you. I guess I don't mind that the number of Canadians isn't included in that 8.6 million ... I've not had much trouble finding Canadian D&D players. My boss at present is an ex-DM. 3rd Edition.<br /><br /> Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-30427400057574610922018-12-03T19:48:11.980-07:002018-12-03T19:48:11.980-07:00ViP,
Thank you for the link. The reviews of the ...ViP,<br /><br />Thank you for the link. The reviews of the book were certainly telling, describing this kid who plainly still liked the game but felt the need to run it down for his own reasons.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-33599427367117645892018-12-03T13:17:10.774-07:002018-12-03T13:17:10.774-07:00How would one even go about getting numbers for ex...How would one even go about getting numbers for ex-players?<br /><br />There are probably a metric ton of ex-gamers that returned as they got older. Those can possibly polled to get some kind of numbers. Wizards might also find that the number of "new" gamers is far smaller than believed once return gamers are factored in.Ruprechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139664977453444000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-50478532864931680972018-12-03T12:52:43.683-07:002018-12-03T12:52:43.683-07:00"I'm sure that other persons of other cou...<i>"I'm sure that other persons of other countries speaking other languages also spend money into the coffers of the company [...]"</i><br /><br />JB has posted a lot in the past about how little the WOTC seemed to care about foreign-language players - and this in the modern era of digital distribution, circumventing much of the cost of printing and/or shipping full-color hardcover books on the opposite side of the planet. Say what you will about TSR, at least they managed to keep various editions of the game in non-English print (including Hebrew and Japanese) well into the 90s.<br /><br />Granted, most of his grumblings were from a year or two ago... but surely the company has had a major change of heart and stopped merely <i>pretending</i> to care about non-Anglophone markets, right?Fuzzy Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10606454596061907461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-29746510869318312212018-12-03T04:25:46.810-07:002018-12-03T04:25:46.810-07:00"I'm used to hearing ex-players, even pla..."I'm used to hearing ex-players, even players who once played in the same circles I did, talk about how childish it all was"<br /><br />Some even devote an entire book to explaining how they wasted their youth playing the game.<br /><br />https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1607816.The_Elfish_GeneViPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252560131486864041noreply@blogger.com