Dan's Gen Con Report: Top Ten and Bottom Five
I was having a bit of writer's block trying to organize my thoughts on this year's Gen Con experience. So, I came up with this half-baked "Best and Worst" list idea. (Been watching too much Comedy Central, I think.)
Get 'Em While They're Young: Will Fad Culture Hamstring RPGs?
Fads have been the Holy Grails of children's merchandising for the last half century. They have borne companies aloft to untold heights of profitability... and crushed them under the boot of post-fad indifference.
Natural Selection: The Future of RPGs
During the middle of this decade, new competitors were introduced to the RPG niche. At the same time, the environment of publishing was changing. In the wild, these events would be called selection pressures. They…