Back in the 80s we were just guessing most of the time. At least until Akira was released in the United States in 1988 and only then white people started realizing there was a market.

Mongoose was an OGL approach, hence the SRD. However with all the fuckery regarding OGL they switched to a different approach and now have two affiliate programs that allow anyone to publish their own supporting content.

Generally, I agree with you. While I don’t like it, I think AI art is going to be with us for a while especially for individual games. I’ve never been an artist and I’m never going to be. That being said, I think it’s important for creators to preserve the craft of art. And I believe it’s the responsibility of publishers to purchase and use that art. Made by humans for humans.

Yes, but I thought it was an interesting idea and question for the wider community.

Some people just love to bitch, especially if that’s all they do. James Wallis said (IIRC) “Game designs aren’t tools, but some game designers are”.

Fuck Hasbro

I have never met a dice-pool mechanic I didn’t dislike or despise. What makes your compelling?