Teos Abadie

Yep.

Yep.

He's amazing to talk to. I love his creativity and the things he was able to confirm about the OGL, which he only scrapped the surface of. But, you know, him going back and confirming that in fourth edition, the OGL was, you know, this close to going through the same process we saw in 2023 was an interesting piece of the history puzzle.

He's amazing to talk to. I love his creativity and the things he was able to confirm about the OGL, which he only scrapped the surface of. But, you know, him going back and confirming that in fourth edition, the OGL was, you know, this close to going through the same process we saw in 2023 was an interesting piece of the history puzzle.

And he was amazing. Right. And he had some really great comments about stewardship of the game and how it isn't, you know, just wizards and it's all of us. And that part alone was just absolute gold worth going back and checking out if you missed it.

And he was amazing. Right. And he had some really great comments about stewardship of the game and how it isn't, you know, just wizards and it's all of us. And that part alone was just absolute gold worth going back and checking out if you missed it.

Yeah, and you know, even this week, I got two messages to our YouTube channel asking why we hated it so much. I don't know how to keep writing. We didn't.

Yeah, and you know, even this week, I got two messages to our YouTube channel asking why we hated it so much. I don't know how to keep writing. We didn't.

I would argue that Shadow Dark is special in its connection to fans, right? Like there was one of the comments that we got this week was or may have been last week, but it was about that from those old series of videos was saying there is no ambiguity in how Shadow Dark is written. I don't know what's not.

I would argue that Shadow Dark is special in its connection to fans, right? Like there was one of the comments that we got this week was or may have been last week, but it was about that from those old series of videos was saying there is no ambiguity in how Shadow Dark is written. I don't know what's not.

It wasn't this angry, but it was sort of like, you know, I don't know what's wrong with you guys. The rules are incredibly clear. And it was just so interesting to hear it. But when we talked about Daggerheart, you know, which is from Critical Role fandom, Nobody had those kinds of comments.

It wasn't this angry, but it was sort of like, you know, I don't know what's wrong with you guys. The rules are incredibly clear. And it was just so interesting to hear it. But when we talked about Daggerheart, you know, which is from Critical Role fandom, Nobody had those kinds of comments.

So there's something special about Shadow Dark and that link to the audience and what the audience wants from it that became very personal. And when we analyzed it, it really came off as criticism in a way that our analysis of Blade Runner or Daggerheart or other games did not come across. Or 5ED&D. Yeah, because we talked about the Planescape adventure and nobody said, you know, how dare you?

So there's something special about Shadow Dark and that link to the audience and what the audience wants from it that became very personal. And when we analyzed it, it really came off as criticism in a way that our analysis of Blade Runner or Daggerheart or other games did not come across. Or 5ED&D. Yeah, because we talked about the Planescape adventure and nobody said, you know, how dare you?

It was really interesting. Yeah. And sorry to anybody because, you know, and we are, you know, we're not just trying to say like, you know, we're sorry that you felt that way. Right. That's not what I'm saying. We have thought a lot about how to come across better.

It was really interesting. Yeah. And sorry to anybody because, you know, and we are, you know, we're not just trying to say like, you know, we're sorry that you felt that way. Right. That's not what I'm saying. We have thought a lot about how to come across better.

And so we're trying to be more cautionary in our explanation of here's what we're trying to do analytically and to explain like we really did like Shadow Dark a lot. We both played it a number of times. But yeah.

And so we're trying to be more cautionary in our explanation of here's what we're trying to do analytically and to explain like we really did like Shadow Dark a lot. We both played it a number of times. But yeah.

wow and it just it was a great year i mean i for us as a podcast uh our biggest year for sure uh the discord was a wonderful place to be with everybody was amazing uh interacting it was really healthy we learned a ton from from our community um

wow and it just it was a great year i mean i for us as a podcast uh our biggest year for sure uh the discord was a wonderful place to be with everybody was amazing uh interacting it was really healthy we learned a ton from from our community um