tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post5259992404902446753..comments2024-03-28T06:20:47.668-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: The Future of TSR Hobbies, Inc.James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-59564964531429799632020-09-22T19:23:42.587-04:002020-09-22T19:23:42.587-04:00I am fine, James, and hope you are as well.
I am fine, James, and hope you are as well.<br /> Rick Krebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02455824039524230156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-85529206069560319922020-09-18T23:37:47.032-04:002020-09-18T23:37:47.032-04:00So good to "see" you again, Rick! I hope...So good to "see" you again, Rick! I hope you are well.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4542591380618454532020-09-18T20:18:29.016-04:002020-09-18T20:18:29.016-04:00This certainly makes me want to look through Mom&#...This certainly makes me want to look through Mom's craft books, magazines and catalogues to see if she had anything from Greenfield Needlewomen just lying around. Bobjesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694236042744847270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-21354517785351433542020-09-18T13:08:29.464-04:002020-09-18T13:08:29.464-04:00But, imagine if that money was invested in produci...But, imagine if that money was invested in producing an Online Role Playing game, such as Everquest, Origin Online or WOW !! Or a company that promoted crafting wargame materials . Rick Krebshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02455824039524230156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-78047284518737560862020-09-18T11:52:37.716-04:002020-09-18T11:52:37.716-04:00That's an interesting argument, Trent - i can ...That's an interesting argument, Trent - i can certainly anecodtally say I've seen rpgs/wargames turn up in more generic hobby shops alongside all kinds of other odd stuff and as the brand became bigger, cross pollenisation maybe seems better than the many 2E campaign settings and adventuresGeorge Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706465827178319046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-48645822505997212502020-09-17T12:59:30.332-04:002020-09-17T12:59:30.332-04:00TSR's acquisition of Greenfield Needlewomen is...TSR's acquisition of Greenfield Needlewomen is always treated as a punchline, and those designs are unquestionably lame, but TSR was a "hobby" company and crafting is a hobby, and I remember back in the 80s that D&D products were on the shelves at the local Ben Franklin store alongside the sewing kits and paints and other craft stuff just like they were in the toy and book stores, so just like it seemed to make sense for TSR in that era to be moving into toys and books, it also seems to make sense that they'd move into crafts. If the products had been better I'm not sure it would seem as strange. Something like stencil sets and sewing patterns and jewelrymaking kits in the kind of quasi-Celtic Dragonlance style would have fit in alongside the "Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home" book of Dragonlance-inspired recipes and song sheet music. It's not what the grognards wanted, but they were already being served, and by 1982-ish TSR pretty much had that market cornered, so it made sense that they were looking for additional, other markets. Had it worked I think it would've been a better strategy than oversaturating the D&D market with 100+ releases a year like they ultimately ended up doing.Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889179660165006042noreply@blogger.com