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Is WOTC/Hasbro mismanaging D&D?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wolfen Priest" data-source="post: 366647" data-attributes="member: 3909"><p>First of all, I unabashedly voted yes. But really, it depends on your definition of "mismanagement."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's always been obvious to me why they did this; brand new creatures in the books (rather than re-hashed old ones) means you actually have to <em>buy the book</em> to know what the stats are of a, say, Bodak for example. It's all about dollars and sense with WotC, as we all know.</p><p></p><p>However, I do wonder why, if it truly is all about $ with them, did they decide to produce so much crap lately. I mean, Dieties & Demigods was not worth buying, IMHO (which is why I didn't buy it BTW, I could tell immediately it was completely useless), that Book of Challenges seems pretty dull, the ELH did not quite live up to people's expectations (although I'm still very unclear on what those expectations actually were), and the Stronghold builder's guidebook really failed to inspire.</p><p></p><p>basically, what I see happening to WotC is they are having a lack of good _product_ideas_. I know everyone is supposedly drooling over the Book of Vile Darkness, but if it costs $30 (which I think it is, am I correct?), I'm starting to ask myself if it is really worth it to me ... yet that is WotC's "Big Project" that they approved. I guess time will tell how much money they make on it. Because that's the only thing that will ever matter to Hasbro shareholders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wolfen Priest, post: 366647, member: 3909"] First of all, I unabashedly voted yes. But really, it depends on your definition of "mismanagement." It's always been obvious to me why they did this; brand new creatures in the books (rather than re-hashed old ones) means you actually have to [i]buy the book[/i] to know what the stats are of a, say, Bodak for example. It's all about dollars and sense with WotC, as we all know. However, I do wonder why, if it truly is all about $ with them, did they decide to produce so much crap lately. I mean, Dieties & Demigods was not worth buying, IMHO (which is why I didn't buy it BTW, I could tell immediately it was completely useless), that Book of Challenges seems pretty dull, the ELH did not quite live up to people's expectations (although I'm still very unclear on what those expectations actually were), and the Stronghold builder's guidebook really failed to inspire. basically, what I see happening to WotC is they are having a lack of good _product_ideas_. I know everyone is supposedly drooling over the Book of Vile Darkness, but if it costs $30 (which I think it is, am I correct?), I'm starting to ask myself if it is really worth it to me ... yet that is WotC's "Big Project" that they approved. I guess time will tell how much money they make on it. Because that's the only thing that will ever matter to Hasbro shareholders. [/QUOTE]
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