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Ben Riggs is a D&D historian and author of the book Slaying the Dragon: A
Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons.
Dear Wizards of the Coast,
Hi! I wrote a history of your company back when it was called TSR. I also teach
7th and 8th grade, so for the past 15 years, I have watched year after year as
kids discover, and go ga-ga for, D&D.
I’m writing this letter because I want you to succeed. Frankly, I think all
true-hearted D&D fans want to see your company do well and produce fantastic
products that are profitable. So I eagerly watched your media events these past
few weeks, namely D&D Direct and the content creator summit. There are some
good ideas there, but I want to be honest with you. In general, I would rate
them as meh. I think D&D has room for exponential growth, and none of those
ideas are going to fuel that kind of increase.
TTRPGs are actually a titanically difficult product to make a lot of money on.
Drop $150 on rulebooks and campaigns and you can play for years without ever
making another purchase. Weird, right? We D&D fans actually have no need to
ever purchase anything from you ever again. (Yet nearly all of us want to!)"
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
