http://hightechpapa.com/dungeons-and-dragons-and-a-new-business-model/ Father of a young boy hosts exchange student Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:51:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://hightechpapa.com/dungeons-and-dragons-and-a-new-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-47 leon Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:16:17 +0000 http://hightechpapa.com/?p=51#comment-47 c'est interessant , merci pour l'info !! c’est interessant , merci pour l’info !!

]]> http://hightechpapa.com/dungeons-and-dragons-and-a-new-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-13 chris Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:09:37 +0000 http://hightechpapa.com/?p=51#comment-13 Good points. The kindle file format is easily copied and moved over to another kindle or P2P-stolen. This just speaks to your point about revenue streams that support the content. I would love to see a web platform that delivered the content and some functionality for remote play. I know for many purists this goes against the grain of what paper-based gaming is about, but it would be nice to run through solo-quests via computer, be able to recall information easily (perhaps from smartphone). Hell, I would love to just see a stable game that captured what D&D is all about. Good points. The kindle file format is easily copied and moved over to another kindle or P2P-stolen. This just speaks to your point about revenue streams that support the content. I would love to see a web platform that delivered the content and some functionality for remote play. I know for many purists this goes against the grain of what paper-based gaming is about, but it would be nice to run through solo-quests via computer, be able to recall information easily (perhaps from smartphone). Hell, I would love to just see a stable game that captured what D&D is all about.

]]> http://hightechpapa.com/dungeons-and-dragons-and-a-new-business-model/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Lee Boone Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:22:47 +0000 http://hightechpapa.com/?p=51#comment-12 What this tells me is that PDF is probably not a good way for WotC to deliver these books online. There are a number of smaller publishers releasing gaming material online, but the high profile of the Core D&D brand is going to attract a lot more file sharing than even a licensed D&D product by Kenzer & Company or a compatible product by Pazio or any number of other publishers. Plus, I daresay more die-hard gamers are going to have a conscious about stealing from a smaller publisher than from Hasbro-owned WotC. Perhaps Amazon Kindle is the way to go. (don't really know how much, if any, support for the various diagrams & such there is here) Maybe a web based subscription model is the way to go. Maybe they just stop trying to monetize the rules altogether and focus on revenue stream from miniatures and other ancillary products. What this tells me is that PDF is probably not a good way for WotC to deliver these books online. There are a number of smaller publishers releasing gaming material online, but the high profile of the Core D&D brand is going to attract a lot more file sharing than even a licensed D&D product by Kenzer & Company or a compatible product by Pazio or any number of other publishers. Plus, I daresay more die-hard gamers are going to have a conscious about stealing from a smaller publisher than from Hasbro-owned WotC.
Perhaps Amazon Kindle is the way to go. (don’t really know how much, if any, support for the various diagrams & such there is here) Maybe a web based subscription model is the way to go. Maybe they just stop trying to monetize the rules altogether and focus on revenue stream from miniatures and other ancillary products.

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