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State of the Pen and Paper Industry
Syberghost writes "Kenneth Hite's annual 'State of the Industry' report has been released in his online column Out of the Box for gamer news site http://www.gamingreport.com. Among other interesting bits; Margaret Weis Productions is the sixth-largest RPG maker, on the sales of their sole RPG product line, the Serenity RPG. Sales overall were down, again; the RPG industry as a whole isn't doing well." Sad but not surprising.
Conversley the sale of deoderant and laundry soap is on the rise! Related? You decide!
The following replies are posted by unwashed nerds.
*sigh*
Yes, because WotC didn't figure out a way to attach a collectible addicting sidecar that ties into the "core" D&D market, providing a reliable income cash cow for the D&D division, and allowing it to remain a profitable concern until they really do want to do a fourth edition.
Yes, D&D Miniatures are the saving grace of D&D.
New hotness... well, y'see...
Let's use a metap^H^H^H^H^Hsimile...
The original D&D was like the Apple II.
AD&D was like original Macintoshes.
AD&D 2e, like PowerPC Macs.
D&D 3.X, like OSX.
Burning Wheel? I dunno like Ubuntu or something. Or maybe more like Plan 9.
Oh yeah, and what is my WIndows equivalent here? I don't know maybe Trivial Pursiut or Monopoly
So it's off topic to talk about a pen used in a pen-and-paper game. Sheesh...
I submitted it as "State of the Pen and Paper RPG Industry". I got Zonked. :)
I can't wait for the My Little Ponies RPG from WotC. It would be a huge boon for the industry in general.
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