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Actually, it’s been out a couple of weeks, but I’ve held off announcing it in case something unfortunate cropped up. So far, so good. Now just wait, the two copies I ordered for myself, that have taken two weeks to get here, will arrive and horrify me.
So, what else has been happening? Well, quite a lot in the world of tabletop gaming. WoTC pulled a boner by trying to revoke the Open Gaming License companies have been using for the last 20+ years. They got hit with more bad press than you can shake a spiny at, and eventually backed off after a ton of folks unsubscribed from D&D Beyond. In addition, the move spurred other influential gaming companies to create their own open license agreement (Paizo) and/or announce they’re coming out with their own game s
Then there’s the big AI debate. As someone who used to do book covers for people, I can understand the fear of losing work because people can crank out covers left and right by typing in some descriptive wording. Things like ChatGPT are also giving writers shivers of horror. I write ad copy on the side for a small company, and there’s already been excitement from our clients that they can ditch us and create their own blurbs. I plugged one of my own book blurbs into ChatGPT and was not thrilled with the res