Mike Shea

And this, I think, has been true with the entire 5E team since the beginning, since 2014 for 5E, is that they did not want to make any product that required that you already owned another product other than the core books. And this is why you didn't see like, oh, character options for Ravenloft.

Or, you know, you have your Spelljammer box set, but then here's a new Spelljammer character option set, and here's a bunch of Spelljammer adventures, but all of them assume that you have the Spelljammer box set.

Or, you know, you have your Spelljammer box set, but then here's a new Spelljammer character option set, and here's a bunch of Spelljammer adventures, but all of them assume that you have the Spelljammer box set.

Or, you know, you have your Spelljammer box set, but then here's a new Spelljammer character option set, and here's a bunch of Spelljammer adventures, but all of them assume that you have the Spelljammer box set.

This is something that occurred back in the second edition days and third edition days, where, you know, basically they would fragment their own audience by creating products that you had to already own a whole other set of products. But it totally makes sense that that's a bad strategy, because imagine... Like, I'm not going to do it, right? Here's an example.

This is something that occurred back in the second edition days and third edition days, where, you know, basically they would fragment their own audience by creating products that you had to already own a whole other set of products. But it totally makes sense that that's a bad strategy, because imagine... Like, I'm not going to do it, right? Here's an example.

This is something that occurred back in the second edition days and third edition days, where, you know, basically they would fragment their own audience by creating products that you had to already own a whole other set of products. But it totally makes sense that that's a bad strategy, because imagine... Like, I'm not going to do it, right? Here's an example.

What if I said, oh, I'm going to continue to write stuff for City of Arches, and I'm going to make a City of Arches player's guide and a City of Arches monster book? And what my argument would be, oh, well, in order to use this player's guide and this monster book, you need to own the City of Arches. Well, I'm now already segmented a segmented audience.

What if I said, oh, I'm going to continue to write stuff for City of Arches, and I'm going to make a City of Arches player's guide and a City of Arches monster book? And what my argument would be, oh, well, in order to use this player's guide and this monster book, you need to own the City of Arches. Well, I'm now already segmented a segmented audience.

What if I said, oh, I'm going to continue to write stuff for City of Arches, and I'm going to make a City of Arches player's guide and a City of Arches monster book? And what my argument would be, oh, well, in order to use this player's guide and this monster book, you need to own the City of Arches. Well, I'm now already segmented a segmented audience.

There's only so many people that bought or will buy City of Arches. And then there's only a subsection of those that will buy the monster book or the player's guide that's based on that. So it would be far better, and I'm not doing this, so don't get excited.

There's only so many people that bought or will buy City of Arches. And then there's only a subsection of those that will buy the monster book or the player's guide that's based on that. So it would be far better, and I'm not doing this, so don't get excited.

There's only so many people that bought or will buy City of Arches. And then there's only a subsection of those that will buy the monster book or the player's guide that's based on that. So it would be far better, and I'm not doing this, so don't get excited.

It would be far better for me to write a general player's guide that is also compatible with City of Arches and a monster book that is also compatible with City of Arches. Monster books in general are pretty good, even if you're writing them around a theme, because those monsters are still good in other themes too. But it makes sense that they don't even want people to think.

It would be far better for me to write a general player's guide that is also compatible with City of Arches and a monster book that is also compatible with City of Arches. Monster books in general are pretty good, even if you're writing them around a theme, because those monsters are still good in other themes too. But it makes sense that they don't even want people to think.

It would be far better for me to write a general player's guide that is also compatible with City of Arches and a monster book that is also compatible with City of Arches. Monster books in general are pretty good, even if you're writing them around a theme, because those monsters are still good in other themes too. But it makes sense that they don't even want people to think.

that you have to own the first one to get the second one. A very good friend of mine who is a creator and a producer in this industry, he and I have lunch every other week. And when I was talking about Ruins of the Garenda Route, I was going to call it Fantastic Adventures 2. And he said, don't do that. And I was like, why?

that you have to own the first one to get the second one. A very good friend of mine who is a creator and a producer in this industry, he and I have lunch every other week. And when I was talking about Ruins of the Garenda Route, I was going to call it Fantastic Adventures 2. And he said, don't do that. And I was like, why?

that you have to own the first one to get the second one. A very good friend of mine who is a creator and a producer in this industry, he and I have lunch every other week. And when I was talking about Ruins of the Garenda Route, I was going to call it Fantastic Adventures 2. And he said, don't do that. And I was like, why?

And he goes, because they're going to assume you need Fantastic Adventures 1. And only so many people are going to buy that. And it's not going to be that popular. And I think he was right. So I said, ah, I will call it Fantastic Adventures Ruins of the Grendel Route, but it's completely standalone. And it was going to be standalone anyway. I was just giving it the title Fantastic Adventures 2.