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Do you need supplements if a tabletop game is a competent product, meaning that it is a turnkey product that is complete and comprehensive given its stated aims?
No, you don't.
You also don't have a commercially viable business if that alone is your business.
The incentive that designers and publishers have followed since the 1970s has been to create viability by crippling the core of the business (the game) to create room to sell solutions to problems they created.
The other way is to gaslight people into doing it- Rule Zero.
Apr 17, 2024 • 16 tweets • 2 min read
In light of GW Doing A Dumb, time to talk about IP Forking
There are two forms of forking. We'll call them Formal and Informal.
Feb 9, 2024 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
What _is_ clear is that, regardless of your take on the hobby, what is severely lacking is CLEAR TECHNICAL WRITING in hobby rules manuals.
You MUST break it down to Explain Like I'm Five levels of simplicity and specificity.
It has to be "Do this, exactly like that, and (do the other thing)."
Keep the big words to a minimum. Keep the jargon to a minimum. Flowcharts help a lot.
