Ivan Sorensen posted this elsewhere and I thought the initial rant (and so far some of the comments) are worthy.
Paul Beakley may find this close to his wheelhouse assuming he hasn’t already seen it.
Papa_Shell (@Papa_Shell) Tweeted:
THREAD (and RT this shit). I’m going to be really candid with you all for a minute about RPG Design as a career/hobby. This is coming from the perspective of someone (currently) in the #2 best selling spot at DriveThruRPG, which is the 800 lbs gorilla of TTRPG PDF sales… https://t.co/7Fee8mYneb https://twitter.com/Papa_Shell/status/1021902196080893952?s=17
I wonder how we can do better? Can we distribute rpgs in a way that the big players don’t dominate the game?
My cut for last month’s Universalis sales was $6
That’s like two lattes, man. Livin’ large
No way man. Saving for retirement. In 20 years that be $16! (And half a latte).
Nathan Paoletta ‘s reply is worth reading too:
https://twitter.com/ndpaoletta/status/1022106440562102274?s=19
twitter.com – ndp on Twitter
Yeah, it’s pretty much my experience too. I’m not even sure exactly it’s a problem that is not in the same category of problems that capitalism always creates.
Psst maybe basic income would help.
And yet we have guys making millions on supplements about strongholds
Aaron Griffin if you have fans, you can sell them anything.