Reply To: Are we the grognards?

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Physical media has been an issue that has been on my mind since learning of the embedded agreement that Heroforge owns whatever you may design using their software. Yes, it’s great to have people using it, but the imagination to create is what drives the product. It’s on par with saying Photoshop owns all the material created from the use of their ware.

I designed the OTT crew on a whim and had them printed. It came down to the material space where things are experienced. The idea of experiencing a thing is different from living a thing.

We get into the headspace of VTTs and remote gaming but lose the whole humor of what made the comedy sketch from The Dead Alewives about D&D funny. From awkward roleplay, attacking “The Darkness”, Cheetos/Mt. Dew to rules lawyering, it was all real in person around a table. “I want to say I’ve had the experience without needing to be immersed in it” seems to be the mindset of casuals/normies. The social stigma is still there for being invested but the social clout of temporary popularity brings people in.

Physical books and minis gives weight and substance to this hobby.