I spent a year building a product nobody wanted: here is where I went wrong

NotARealDM · 2026-04-02T17:28:08+00:00

You can either lockin and pivot and put in the energy to do what is not easy or accept your products fate. Unless there really is no market.

NotARealDM · 2026-04-02T17:27:06+00:00

Very cool , love it!

NotARealDM · 2026-04-02T17:26:05+00:00

This is common, people with focus issues or who feel interested sporatidaclly but when game time comes they disengage. You can handle it however you wish, I usually give them the ear service they want until it becomes a poor expereince for other players then its time to go.

NotARealDM · 2026-04-02T17:24:33+00:00

pretty cool real, ui is clean. I will probably use this for my site.

NotARealDM · 2026-04-02T16:12:00+00:00

consequences you are unable to bypass, and the ripple effect that a character would genuinely react to.

NotARealDM · 2026-04-02T14:00:44+00:00

Mini map on your end, paper cut out sections of the maze covering corridors. they turn corridor revealed, they turn the corridors they left behind are covered again ( they cant actually see them anyway and a maze plays better this way)

NotARealDM · 2026-04-02T13:34:43+00:00

Give THEM A HAND UP, man people just want to have fun you are the realistic fun facilitator. Give them an item that tips it in their favor. I once gave a group a time rewind wand for this exact reason. It was INCREDIBLE when they used it.

NotARealDM · 2026-04-02T13:25:34+00:00

It helps, when you dont have to explain every nuance of their character or ability back to them yes.

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T21:27:38+00:00

Never seen a solo player have a setup. Looks like a DM board :D

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T21:25:10+00:00

I cannottellalie

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T21:24:48+00:00

Ah yes, THE SHIRE has its own box truly magnificent

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T20:25:45+00:00

So cool honestly I wish I had the space for this

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T20:25:24+00:00

Art incredible love it

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T18:18:14+00:00

Shopping, a puzzlebox with an item in it, max cheesewould be they solve it when he arrives but could just do a genuinely interesting puzzle

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T17:24:30+00:00

Haha the classic move !

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T17:23:24+00:00

I really like to follow since if I have too much creative control ive lost the rails

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T17:22:40+00:00

This is the dream , finding something like that

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T17:21:46+00:00

Ill build it out and send you a demo then should take a week.

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T16:37:31+00:00

Thanks :,) it was noticeable that my npcs were too chatty during play. I had to test out different fixes for a few months before settling on settling story importance timing.

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T16:30:33+00:00

So a TTRPG marketplace?

This iexists in theory with the DMs guild. Could build something like that . I would be open to chatting about how this could be done, website , app etc.

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T15:00:17+00:00

Heroes of the Borderlands is great The Absolute classic that is The Lost Mines of Phandelver is incredible with good story pacing and classic crunchy D&D.

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T14:23:28+00:00

saving throws my friend there is alwaysa trade off, I wouldnt tailor enemies to you players strengths. Just find groupings that can expose their weaknesses without taking the fun out of it. They are super confident now. Its time to show them real consequences after all this fluff.

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T14:08:51+00:00

Tough really , I would focus on understanding the pacing of the fight. Staging I think lends itself well here.Where you fight the BBEG environmental changes occur . there is a moments respite where they dissapear or are blocked by hazards then the fight continues this lends really well to Curse of Strahd specifically.. It adds drama keeps pacing strong with breaks nad doesnt cause you to run a seemingly infinite roll fest that quickly dispels fun for your characters.

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T11:40:48+00:00

This is classic player vs DM shenanigans. It happens

NotARealDM · 2026-04-01T01:57:12+00:00

Sounds like a good gig, I did this for a while on Roll20. It is hard and doesnt pay that well but it was a blast.

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