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Alphastream

@Alphastream@dice.camp

Teos Abadía - Husband, father, Colombian-American game designer, environmentalist.

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I just had to share this, from today's Alphastream / MD Discord discussion:

Alphastream, to random
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The end of a campaign is the perfect time to reflect on what we enjoyed, wish we had done, and hope to do in our next campaign.

https://alphastream.org/index.php/2024/04/10/new-campaign-finish-the-old-one-with-a-to-do-list/

Alphastream, to random
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Really interesting to see the changes to Daggerheart's playtest.

Seems to acknowledge the complexity and try to lessen it, but stays on course with the overall gameplay.

https://www.daggerheart.com/change-log

Alphastream, to random
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38 Hours left to back Surviving Strangehollow!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jasonward/surviving-strangehollow-for-5e

Tim_Eagon, to GoldenStateWarriors
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I have to say, as much as I complain about the Max and Paramount+ apps, it has made watching the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament really easy for this cable cutter.

Alphastream,
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@Tim_Eagon Still absurd you have to buy both to see the games.

Alphastream, to DnD
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Happy anniversary to Honor Among Thieves! What a fantastic D&D movie. I celebrated by framing and hanging up my movie poster!

Movie poster for Honor Among Thieves, signed by the cast

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Elite Eight! @slyflourish

WhatDoIKnowJR, to random
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This part of the ICV2 analysis of the hobby game channel falling off in sales is strange to me. Were there people saying "I wanted to get the most recent release but they just can't pull box office?" If movie box office negates sales, why doesn't video game sales increase them?

Just to clarify, I'm not saying sales AREN'T down, just that this felt like some strange speculation.

The Rotten Tomatoes ranking for D&D: Honor Among Thieves, showing 91% reviewer score and 93% audience score.

Alphastream,
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@WhatDoIKnowJR @Tim_Eagon Thing is, the Bookscan data DID show a big bump from the movie. With no movie-specific products on the RPG side.

wyrmworksdale, to random
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Looking at ovens. Some come with a fifth element. I’ve heard of food being cooked with love. I didn’t know that could be built into an oven.

Alphastream,
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@wyrmworksdale Requires a multipass on n order to purchase.

Alphastream, to random
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Phenomenal comeback game by Duke Women!!!! Whew!! Fantastic!

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For now, I am one of these!

Alphastream,
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Well, I did not have Kentucky’s fate in my bracket. Almost made it through day 1 with a perfect bracket.

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Hey @Alphastream did you see this?
Wizards is remaking Pharaoh for 5e.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/quest-from-the-infinite-staircase-adventures-revealed.703239/

Alphastream,
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@monsterfight5e Yes!!!!

darjr, to random
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Pirate Borg!

Alphastream,
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@darjr And wings! Have fun, you pirate!

WhatDoIKnowJR, to random
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It's time to head into the not so far future of Blade Runner, and examine Fiery Angels, the second case file for Free League's Blade Runner the RPG.

http://whatdoiknowjr.com/2024/03/13/what-do-i-know-about-reviews-fiery-angels-blade-runner-rpg/

Alphastream,
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@WhatDoIKnowJR Nice review! I haven’t run this yet. I’m waiting on the physical copy, since the handouts were so awesome when we ran the starter set. I like the plot a great deal, but also have various reservations on specific scenes and will likely tweak it.

Alphastream,
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@WhatDoIKnowJR Both adventures are some of the best examples I know of showcasing how an RPG’s adventures/campaign should run. Really important given how the idea of creating a great “humanity” question is hard for many of us.

Alphastream,
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@WhatDoIKnowJR I didn’t like how they explained that. I would have preferred a more honest “you may need to modify this adventure based on your first game, here are ideas.”

WhatDoIKnowJR, to Dragonlance
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I wonder if the board game aspect of the Dragonlance adventure hurt sales. I don't mean, if the game iteself didn't sell, or even if the bundles with the game didn't sell, but if the book itself would have sold better if the board game never existed.

I can't help but think, even if boardgame wasn't required for the adventure, people felt like it would be incomplete without it, and they weren't interested in the boardgame, so they even skipped the "book only" option.

Alphastream,
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@WhatDoIKnowJR It was a cool idea. If the board game had been good…

The book was available on its own, so I doubt it hurt sales.

darjr, to DnD
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Wizards of the Coast has a new D&D survey as part of the 50th anniversary celebration.

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of D&D we want to know what you think about the game with a quick survey!

✍️ Click the following link to access the survey! (estimated time: 2-5 minutes): http://spr.ly/6181k8FA9

Alphastream,
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@LeviKornelsen @slyflourish @darjr There doesn’t seem to be any interest in splitting off (and for a sale the buyer would need to be a rare gem).

Alphastream,
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@LeviKornelsen @slyflourish @darjr I still suspect the picture is complicated. Speaking to around 1k convention attendees, 2 mentioned they disliked D&D or the company. I think online discourse is a strange/different thing.

Alphastream,
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@cynical13 @croyle @Tim_Eagon @LeviKornelsen @slyflourish @darjr They have. At the same time, they do all kinds of great stuff too. They really took care of DMs at a recent convention. Their school program and library program have both been awesome. It’s always a mixed bag, going back to the TSR days.

Alphastream,
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@WhatDoIKnowJR @wyrmworksdale @dragoncrown @slyflourish @darjr I’m a fan of surveys. It’s good to see what online folks think. Surveys just need qualifying and WotC has seemed to recently treat the online crowd like the only crowd. (As with playtesting, where the casual player gets ignored)

Alphastream,
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@WhatDoIKnowJR @wyrmworksdale @dragoncrown @slyflourish @darjr I am always wondering why they didn’t have any more summits. It was a good idea, and they dropped the ball.

Alphastream,
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@LeviKornelsen @slyflourish @cynical13 @croyle @Tim_Eagon @darjr I don't see it that way, perhaps because I from time to time speak to the people actually doing those initiatives. I know their actual reasoning, and it's a human gamer-focused one. But it's totally valid if that's not how it comes across.

Alphastream,
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@LeviKornelsen @slyflourish @cynical13 @croyle @Tim_Eagon @darjr As an example, a lot of the school program work they do on the volunteer side started with Shelly's kid and his friends wanting to take the game from their home to their school and grow it. Past programs have been influenced by Ethan's school program, etc.

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