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it’s not that far off either though, unless it changed drastically since the pitch, haven’t been keeping track

and they took forever to figure out one class, having no adequate time for most of the others. So either start early with figuring out your direction (too late for that in the Next case, but One seems to not have learned from that either), drastically extend your timeline so you can figure out...

it might be typical, but it was too little. They cut their UAs short. The OGL dumpster fire they started distracted them to the point that their UA schedule slipped and they barely got through the PHB, if that

as did 5.5

I am not aware of any being worked on (apart from DC20). Looks like they all released in 24 or 25

well, you know the answer already, so here is my take. 15 sessions does feel fast for me, but ultimately it depends on the scope of the campaign. For level 1 to 10 in DH (going by this being similar to 3 to 12 in 5e), I’d probably prefer 25 to 35 Slowing it down is a matter of how you level. I...

I'd probably put 9-12 in the base version however, given that many published adventures include them

I am not sure if that is exactly where I would have the cut-off point, but I am fine with there being two books, makes it easier to ignore the higher one

obviously this assumes they had enough books to not run out… the book still would not sell as many copies every week for the next 50 weeks as it did for the first two as does Shadowdark, as does Pathfinder, and probably some others. Good for them, but I’d still like to see absolute sales...

maybe that is what you remember, but the 3.5 sales were lower than the 3e sales (according to Ben Riggs) and both dropped off fast or we would not have gotten 3.5 three years after 3e and 4e five years after 3.5. 3e, 3.5, and 4e all sold decently for their first year, but dropped off fast, and...

that 2500% is a BS number. It were true if you expected the sales of the first two weeks to continue at that rate for the rest of the year. It is selling great for Darrington Press, no doubt, but I would like some absolute numbers rather than relative ones. then maybe they should not have...

and don’t forget that all the TSR lines shed sales fast, despite lasting for many years 1e and 2e do not look all that different either…

ok, so when is the long term then, and also who is to say how it does in another 10 or 20 years based on whatever iteration they make in the meantime A new version always has some people not liking it, that is nothing new (and yes, I do not like 2024 myself). As to sales, all I have heard is...

it’s been over 10 years, no other edition came close to having good sales for more than a year or two. When does the short term end? I don’t think anyone said ‘all simple all the time’. Also, a game is not evergreen when the same 500k people keep playing it for two decades, it is evergreen when...