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I'm just glad I have the pdf as original.
I read Anajira. I suspect us Europeans are less 'disneyfied' than americans because there is frankly nothing there I find remotely shocking. A little dark? Sure. But read Grimms Fairy tales (before 'disneyfication') and they are a good deal darker.
I won't argue with Paizo's decisions as I am sure they know the american market best, but I do wish games came out in two versions. The 'sanitised' US version and a version for us europeans who don't feel we have to wrap our kids in cotton wool.
Aurore
I'm just glad I have the pdf as original.
I read Anajira. I suspect us Europeans are less 'disneyfied' than americans because there is frankly nothing there I find remotely shocking. A little dark? Sure. But read Grimms Fairy tales (before 'disneyfication') and they are a good deal darker.
I won't argue with Paizo's decisions as I am sure they know the american market best, but I do wish games came out in two versions. The 'sanitised' US version and a version for us europeans who don't feel we have to wrap our kids in cotton wool.
Aurore
I'm not a backer, but I agree with this, I'd rather buy non-scrubbed version. Btw, is that the one available now on DriveThru?
So to be clear--this wasn't a content standard that was sprung on the Grimoire out of nowhere--it's been clearly listed in Paizo's Compatibility License for almost a decade now, and Dario and I simply missed the mark. The fact of the matter is that Paizo gets to choose whether something is inappropriate for their license, and while we aren't required to use the license we ultimately decided that we had more to lose from abandoning the license than making our book more audience friendly. (And as someone who freelances regularly for Paizo, I felt it was also in my best interest to make sure that the Grimoire wasn't considered taboo or inappropriate.)
I share the sentiment on American tastes, but that isn't in my control either. Paizo is an American company and most of our customers are American (As evidenced by our Kickstarter data), so catering to American tastes makes sense for Radiance House as a business.
That being said, we (Dario and I) are considering releasing the darker versions of the stories in a separate book that is clearly intended for mature audiences and is not Pathfinder compatible. (It would just be a bunch of stories with no mechanics, so it can be more mature.) Consider it the "Grimm Fairy Tales" to the Grimoire's Disney, to use your terms. But of course, we'll only do it if we get the sense that there is a customer need for it.
