Posted April 29, 2023
First: Why are the classic DnD titles (Krynn, Dark Sun, etc.) no longer going on sale?
I’ve had them on my wishlist for almost 2 years now, and there’s only been one sale during that time (which was pitiful by the way - $8.49 instead of $10). Now I’m not saying $10 breaks the bank, but when you consider how many classic DnD titles are on GOG it adds up, and the fact that most other games on GOG go on sale pretty frequently, it’s just strange that the DnD titles are never included in those sales.
This brings me to SNEG, the publishers for the classic DnD games here on GOG and on Steam. If you haven’t heard of them, I’m not surprised. I’ve only managed to turn up two articles about the company: one is a forum post and the other an interview with the founder of SNEG.
It seems like a GOG employee split from the company in 2020 and took the DnD license with them. Now, if you look at IsThereAnyDeal, the DnD games haven’t gone on sale (especially not to the degree that they used to when published by GOG) since 2020, when they were ostensibly transferred to SNEG. And since then, the only thing SNEG has offered is a shoddy “bundle” of the classic DnD games they released. (Go look at the release thread for the bundle - not only does the price of the bundle not account for games you already own, it doesn’t even link the store pages for games that it includes.)
Now, I don’t want to be all doom and gloom, and I’d love for someone to change my mind, but as an outside observer looking at a very opaque company, it seems that SNEG is just trying to fleece anyone who wants the older DnD titles. Again, I’d love to be proven wrong, but at the very least I think we as consumers deserve a bit more transparency from SNEG.
I’ve had them on my wishlist for almost 2 years now, and there’s only been one sale during that time (which was pitiful by the way - $8.49 instead of $10). Now I’m not saying $10 breaks the bank, but when you consider how many classic DnD titles are on GOG it adds up, and the fact that most other games on GOG go on sale pretty frequently, it’s just strange that the DnD titles are never included in those sales.
This brings me to SNEG, the publishers for the classic DnD games here on GOG and on Steam. If you haven’t heard of them, I’m not surprised. I’ve only managed to turn up two articles about the company: one is a forum post and the other an interview with the founder of SNEG.
It seems like a GOG employee split from the company in 2020 and took the DnD license with them. Now, if you look at IsThereAnyDeal, the DnD games haven’t gone on sale (especially not to the degree that they used to when published by GOG) since 2020, when they were ostensibly transferred to SNEG. And since then, the only thing SNEG has offered is a shoddy “bundle” of the classic DnD games they released. (Go look at the release thread for the bundle - not only does the price of the bundle not account for games you already own, it doesn’t even link the store pages for games that it includes.)
Now, I don’t want to be all doom and gloom, and I’d love for someone to change my mind, but as an outside observer looking at a very opaque company, it seems that SNEG is just trying to fleece anyone who wants the older DnD titles. Again, I’d love to be proven wrong, but at the very least I think we as consumers deserve a bit more transparency from SNEG.
