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State of the Pen and Paper Industry

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-we're-talking-real-roleplaying dept.

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.

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  1. status of... by drewzhrodague · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Oh, I get it, the status of the pen and paper GAME industry. Jeez, I was all set to post about reams of colored paper, and sharpies...

    /me is an old D&Der.

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    1. Re:status of... by drewzhrodague · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Uh, offtopic? The mods must be fucking crazy. People talk about soviet russia, profit, and whichever overlords. I mention that the article title has nothing to do with the actual article, and I get modded offtopic?

      Well, mods, I mod the freaking title of the article -5 offtopic -- so there!

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  2. Pen and paper? by Tepshen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Here I was expecting a story about the paperless office and it's so called progress and rather I get a story about the pen and paper games industry. Perhaps "State of the Pen and Paper *GAMES* Industry" would have been more appropriate title.

    1. Re:Pen and paper? by drewzhrodague · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Yah, I noticed that too, and commented here. Unfortunately, we both got modded offtopic, due to mods not noticing the title of the article is -5 offtopic!

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  3. Pilot felt-tip pens... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I miss the old Pilot felt-tip pens. These "gel" pens today just aren't the same.

    1. Re:Pilot felt-tip pens... by DPJohnny+Canuck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      In high school, I remember saying something along the lines of . .. "These ballpoint pens today just aren't the same".

      I'm sure my daughter will be saying something along those lines when the successor to the gel pens comes out. . .

      Same storyline, different generation.

  4. Rape by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Burning Wheel. Now with even more Sailor Rape.