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<blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5651876" data-attributes="member: 94022"><p>The Tome Show just released (last night) their interview with Mearls at GenCon. At about the 6:30 to 7:00 minute mark of the interview he makes a very interesting observation about the future of D&D. Unfortunately I'm not able to link the interview from work here (blocked domain <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />) but the gist of it is that he mentions how people have remarked that 4th Ed is so like a board game or an MMO, etc. and goes on to say that if the board games continue to be a success then it kind of frees up D&D to be able to go back to being more of a standard RPG.</p><p> </p><p>Depending on your outlook, this is both good and bad, but he's really getting at the cross-marketing and audience expansion issue. They felt that they needed to make 4th Ed a bit more like WoW in order to draw in new customers. Now that they have a new avenue to draw in customers though they can simply focus on making the RPG great. Doesn't really state per se (nor would I expect him to) that 4th Ed. isn't as good as it could/should be but it does seem to indicate that it was obviously designed with income expectations in mind. If the D&D brand can pull from other audiences, then the RPG line doesn't need to pull as much of the weight.</p><p></p><p>Of course, who knows how this will all play out down the road, but I think its hard to argue that the diversification isn't a great thing for the company, and thus, the game itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riastlin, post: 5651876, member: 94022"] The Tome Show just released (last night) their interview with Mearls at GenCon. At about the 6:30 to 7:00 minute mark of the interview he makes a very interesting observation about the future of D&D. Unfortunately I'm not able to link the interview from work here (blocked domain :() but the gist of it is that he mentions how people have remarked that 4th Ed is so like a board game or an MMO, etc. and goes on to say that if the board games continue to be a success then it kind of frees up D&D to be able to go back to being more of a standard RPG. Depending on your outlook, this is both good and bad, but he's really getting at the cross-marketing and audience expansion issue. They felt that they needed to make 4th Ed a bit more like WoW in order to draw in new customers. Now that they have a new avenue to draw in customers though they can simply focus on making the RPG great. Doesn't really state per se (nor would I expect him to) that 4th Ed. isn't as good as it could/should be but it does seem to indicate that it was obviously designed with income expectations in mind. If the D&D brand can pull from other audiences, then the RPG line doesn't need to pull as much of the weight. Of course, who knows how this will all play out down the road, but I think its hard to argue that the diversification isn't a great thing for the company, and thus, the game itself. [/QUOTE]
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