…and it will only surprise people who are steeped in TTRPG social media.
D&D and its clones, revisions, heresies, and retro-revisions dominate the field, with the first non-D&D game being Call of Cthulhu. At that point we’re at low single-digit percentages, and pretty soon it hits fractional digit percentages. I know that Other RPGs is technically the highest category, but that category represents a minimum of 52 other games. It’s probably higher*. Sorry, folks: other systems might make more aesthetic sense to you, but when you want to sell product, maybe think about doing stuff that’s D&D friendly.
Mind you, I’m an unrepentant GURPSer. Which, you might notice, is not on the list at all. Such is life.
Moe Lane
*Nobody on that list sold more than 231 tickets, because otherwise they’d have made the top 20. 11857/231 or 232 = 51 and a fraction, either way.
Before skewering the golden goose this year with their licensing, Wizards worked very hard to make their game entry-level in 5e.
We may hate the megacorp of it all but, with this and Barbie, Hasbro has proven they’re not stupid.
Barbie is a Mattel property, unless things in the toy business have changed drastically.
Oh, for some reason I thought Mattel was under Hasbro like Wizards, but you’re right: Still their own MegaCorp. My overall point still stands in light of this I think.
Same as it ever was.
It’s sad that GenCon isn’t nearly as big a deal as it used to be.
But the wounds have largely been self-inflicted. (With the exception of 2020.)
Old Gods Of Appalachia? Is that anything to do with Silver John or is it just standard CoC fare? 🤔
Wikipedia says it’s a horror podcast with “original fiction that draws on a mix of history and folk tales”. Monte Cook games just ran a Kickstarter for a RPG based on the podcast. So it seems to be neither Silver John nor CoC.
It’s a horror story podcast.
It’s really good, at least from the dozen or so episodes I’ve listened to. The writing and sound design are solid, the worldbuilding is decent, but the real selling point is the narrator.
He absolutely fricking kills it. Give a listen to the promotional trailer to see what I mean. https://www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/episodes/2019-10-31/episode-0_prologue/201910291201351048
With makes me look askance at the RPG. The mechanical stuff and lore is straightforward enough, but that’s missing the heart of the matter.
And you ain’t gonna pull off the oratory.
But if I’m going to recommend a horror podcast, I have to mention The Magnus Archives.
It’s much better fodder for an RPG, IMO.
It’s brilliant. Except for the last season. (I’d explain why, but can’t without major spoilers.)