Sean Merwin
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Yep. He also looks at the state of role playing games that are trying to compete with D&D. noting that there were large Kickstarters and there may have been early signs of those D&D alternatives being much higher in 2023 than they are as we head into 2025. And I've noted a few times that we often see this, especially at times when Wizards of the Coast does something to upset
Yep. He also looks at the state of role playing games that are trying to compete with D&D. noting that there were large Kickstarters and there may have been early signs of those D&D alternatives being much higher in 2023 than they are as we head into 2025. And I've noted a few times that we often see this, especially at times when Wizards of the Coast does something to upset
you know, the audience. And then all of a sudden there's a million dollar Kickstarter from this other company saying, come play our new game, which is basically D&D. And then when the sales numbers come in two years later, they're back down in, you know, in the low range, whereas D&D just continues to grow.
you know, the audience. And then all of a sudden there's a million dollar Kickstarter from this other company saying, come play our new game, which is basically D&D. And then when the sales numbers come in two years later, they're back down in, you know, in the low range, whereas D&D just continues to grow.
And then Shannon also covers industry folk who passed away last year, talking about Jim Ward and Janelle Jaques and others. So all of that, again, is at designersanddragons.com. We get in the Business Insider an article I found very fascinating on the topic of basically running D&D for money. It talks about Fares Najid, who turned his D&D hobby into a thriving business in Singapore. It covers
And then Shannon also covers industry folk who passed away last year, talking about Jim Ward and Janelle Jaques and others. So all of that, again, is at designersanddragons.com. We get in the Business Insider an article I found very fascinating on the topic of basically running D&D for money. It talks about Fares Najid, who turned his D&D hobby into a thriving business in Singapore. It covers
I think it covers very well, the whole article covers well this topic of D&D's growth, finding people to play with, things to run, and showing that whereas even five years ago if someone said on some forum somewhere, yeah, I run D&D for money, you would get a lot of pushback. from people who, well, I would never pay to play D&D, and you must be a horrible person if you charge money to run D&D.
I think it covers very well, the whole article covers well this topic of D&D's growth, finding people to play with, things to run, and showing that whereas even five years ago if someone said on some forum somewhere, yeah, I run D&D for money, you would get a lot of pushback. from people who, well, I would never pay to play D&D, and you must be a horrible person if you charge money to run D&D.
And it's good to see that it is not just a need in society, but a way for people to make a living from this hobby by adding to the hobby rather than detracting from the hobby, rather than making hundreds of thousands of dollars on YouTube making shocked face videos. We have people who are actually playing the game, promoting the game, bringing people into the hobby and feeding a need.
And it's good to see that it is not just a need in society, but a way for people to make a living from this hobby by adding to the hobby rather than detracting from the hobby, rather than making hundreds of thousands of dollars on YouTube making shocked face videos. We have people who are actually playing the game, promoting the game, bringing people into the hobby and feeding a need.
And I think a a social good by providing this entertainment and interaction and socialization. So that's what caught my attention of this video and how in Singapore they were able to grow this into a very profitable, large-scale business.
And I think a a social good by providing this entertainment and interaction and socialization. So that's what caught my attention of this video and how in Singapore they were able to grow this into a very profitable, large-scale business.
Right now, they have 41 game masters in this program running more than 180 games a month at their studio and in other pop-up spaces that they make. They've made a studio. They've made a full-scale business where instead of going to the arcade, you go to this place and pay to play D&D.
Right now, they have 41 game masters in this program running more than 180 games a month at their studio and in other pop-up spaces that they make. They've made a studio. They've made a full-scale business where instead of going to the arcade, you go to this place and pay to play D&D.
And we also get some more details on D&D's Universal Fan Fest Nights. Teos, what do we know about this?
And we also get some more details on D&D's Universal Fan Fest Nights. Teos, what do we know about this?
Yeah. So, yeah. Yeah. Now we need a casting call for the goldfish.
Yeah. So, yeah. Yeah. Now we need a casting call for the goldfish.