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What survey?Huh, I wonder if this is why WotC had that survey on Monday asking questions about old school rules and such. I didn't get a chance to see it (it's closed) but heard it questioned on which editions one played in the past year, do you know about THAC0, etc.
They've always asked about older edition content in those surveys, but not as specifically as "do you remember this particular rule:".WotC does their survey's to find out what they should sell & supposedly one came out Monday that asked questions on rules (even older edition rules) that people knew about. I didn't see the survey myself because it's closed (people complaining about gate keeping i think) so I don't know first hand.
Incidentally, it wasn’t mentioned at all on their site. Did someone else put a version of TSR together?Their revival of Top Secret was met with a lot of criticism.
Yes but alot of that stuff has the old TSR logo on it. I would assume that marketing would be at least worried about the 'mistaken identify' of those items for those entering the hobby. And i'm sure conversations of, "Well what happens if someone buys TSR stuff on DM Guild and google's the name. It will direct them away from WotC," have occurred in one form or another.They've always asked about older edition content in those surveys, but not as specifically as "do you remember this particular rule:".
IMO I'd rather see WotC carry on looking at things through their current lenses rather than just retread old content; thanks to DTRPG, the old content is mostly all still available and in print for anyone who wants it, so simply slapping 5e mechanics in and calling it a day seems a waste to me.
Incidentally, it wasn’t mentioned at all on their site. Did someone else put a version of TSR together?
So, what is Giantlands?
A radiant golden Sun rises over a devastated planet Earth of the 5th Age. Emerging from the destruction is a planet born anew where giants, tribes, mutants, androids and odd creatures from a multitude of worlds clash in an attempt to reclaim the Earth as their own!
I like the elevator pitch for Giantlands
You would think this sort of thing would be right up my alley but the Larry Elmore art kills it for me. It's not metal, it's not weird fantasy, and his art does not turn my crank at all. Selecting this artist for the cover tells me this project is going to be about as metal as Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms.
Now if these guys had got Erol Otus for the cover I would say "Take my money now!" because then they are speaking my language and probably know a thing or two about weird fantasy.
The TSR page hyping Top Secret: NWO has posts up as recent as the end of May...while “TSR 2.0” started posting a couple of weeks before that.I asked on their Facebook page. I’ll get to the bottom of this. Gygax Magazine was made by “TSR” years ago (2012) and Ernie was with them too. My initial feeling is that they are trying to re-brand their re-brand.
Yeah. I LOVE Larry Elmore, maybe more than almost any other D&D artist, but this isn't doing it for me.I like the elevator pitch for Giantlands
You would think this sort of thing would be right up my alley but the Larry Elmore art kills it for me. It's not metal, it's not weird fantasy, and his art does not turn my crank at all. Selecting this artist for the cover tells me this project is going to be about as metal as Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms.
Now if these guys had got Erol Otus for the cover I would say "Take my money now!" because then they are speaking my language and probably know a thing or two about weird fantasy.
I don’t think the TSR name means anything at all to Hasbro. It’s been over 20 years since that logo was attached to D&D, and it didn’t have a lot of positive connotations for a while before that (hence why WotC dissolved it in the first place). IP changes hands all the time, and I don’t think they’re bothered about what logos happen to be on the old PDFs they sell. It’s the D&D-related trademarks they really care about.
And those of us who both like the TSR and don't hate WotC can figure out the difference between the two without getting confused at all. That's kind of the thing really. I doubt some judge is going to buy that anyone is confused by this. WotC is the official owner of D&D. TSR is a new company interested in looking at the past and keeping it alive. Yes they both operate in RPGs and deal with products called Dungeons & Dragons but no ones confused who's the owner of D&D.And the people most likely to be drawn to the TSR name alone? They cross over with the group that hate modern D&D anyway.
So, like quicksilver, then: pretends to be metal, has most of the qualities, can't hold an edge and is poisonous when mixed with actual metals?about as metal as Dragonlance or Forgotten Realms.
I need a confusion voting emoji for this one.Did we have a thread on their return? Sadly, it’s too short to search for.
In both cases of "new TSR" though, the Gygaxes seem like participants rather than the driving forces. This newer one just seems to have Ernie involved in some limited capacity. Luke doesn't appear involved with this one at all.