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Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.
Let’s start off with at the end, or the beginning of the end, or…well I guess it’s been going on for a while now, but…let’s just start with I told you so.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/is-the-5-5e-dark-sun-going-to-remove-controversial-aspects-of-the-setting.720375/
Dark Suns, the very mature themed D&D setting that is coming back in 2027 will be released in shrink wrap due to its content. Let’s call that a win. Greg Bilsland--D&D executive producer--has confirmed that the content is being reviewed by sensitivity readers, and that the setting will not need to focus on elements such as slavery in order to make it feel gritty and oppressive.
Well, you lost me a sensitivity readers.
Dark Suns was mature, dark, down right evil in places and that’s what made it good. Everyone was a slave and that was far from the darkest aspects of the setting. When they announced that it was coming back I cautioned that it was going to be watered down for the modern audience.
Do I think this setting should be played with children. No
Do I think this source book should come shrink wrapped so unaware and unprepared eyes don’t flip through it. Sure
Do I think you can remove the things that make the setting dark and have the same experience. Absolutely not.
Ladies and gentleman, whatever Wizards of the Coast ends up printing will not be Dark Suns. It will just steal its name. The darkest thing in that book is going to be the title.
Christina, am I overreacting?
[Kick to Christina]
Next up we have a topic that’s been going back and forth between us for awhile now. Crowd Funding costs. EN World has a great article about the rising costs of crowdfunding.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/on-ttrpg-kickstarters-merchandise-and-600-markups.720290/
The article talks about profitability and the 600% markup. That seems a little excessive. With our own Dr. Stiso’s Leviathan Rising coming to Kickstarter in January we have been talking costs. As currently planned the hardback book will sell for around $60 dollars, but Kickstarter pledges today are all about the add-ons and add-ons cost money. Not just to the buyer, but to the seller as well.
Christina, with your new game Leviathan Rising coming in the very near future what are your thoughts?
[Kick to Christina]
And there you have it, all the news, you’ve already heard.
