tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post7851816935574060173..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: Bigger, Better, and Quite Insanetrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-10501796473921861302010-10-13T01:48:47.689-05:002010-10-13T01:48:47.689-05:00To the best of my knowledge, the only five top-dog...To the best of my knowledge, the only five top-dog companies in the history of RPGs are TSR, Steve Jackson Games, White Wolf (and I'm willing to be talked out of including them), WotC, and Paizo. <br /><br />And no, I don't think they have, though I suppose you could make the argument that the <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/" rel="nofollow">SRD</a> kinda-sorta counts. I don't think it really does. Clearly, to be a Top Dog company, you need to put out Top Quality product, though what qualifies as such certainly shifts over time.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-54805344742106358312010-10-13T01:43:52.624-05:002010-10-13T01:43:52.624-05:00Has there ever been a top-dog in RPGs that had bar...Has there ever been a top-dog in RPGs that had bargain-priced core products?<br /><br />To my recollection, Palladium might be the only thing that qualifies. They were never #1, but TMNT, Robotech, and Rifts were big enough and the books were not fancy.<br /><br />(... and maybe they should have been, as they didn't seem to hold up well over time. Physical product quality counts for more than spectacle...)JimLotFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-18308638382752801682010-10-13T01:04:54.681-05:002010-10-13T01:04:54.681-05:00And isn't the SRP for the 4e MM something like...And isn't the SRP for the 4e MM something like US$45? So they've been mostly holding steady, except they're not releasing uber-premium items like EotPT anymore.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-73987507903290597372010-10-13T00:50:43.005-05:002010-10-13T00:50:43.005-05:00TSR pushed the envelope for production values (eve...TSR pushed the envelope for production values (even with nothing competing with it...!).<br /><br />OD&D box set, $10 in 1974, $43.02 in today's dollars.<br /><br />Empire of the Petal Throne, $35 in 1975 would be about $98 in today's dollars.<br /><br />Remember that TSR releasing hardcover books for AD&D made them super-duper fancy in the industry. Was the Monster Manual $12 in 1977? That's over $40 in today's dollars.JimLotFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-72746911166386194392010-10-12T21:20:41.357-05:002010-10-12T21:20:41.357-05:00"as the niche shrinks, more and more products...<i>"as the niche shrinks, more and more products will become very high-quality collector's treasures, and will be priced accordingly"</i><br /><br />Hold in your left hand any D&D product from AD&D or earlier, and in your right its equivalent product today, and tell me we aren't already there.The Red DMhttp://theredboxblog.com/noreply@blogger.com