D&D General D&D Nerds! WotC teams up with Nerds Candy

[Dannyalcatraz]

Nobody's made the 'this is redundant' joke yet?

How about…

”We don’t eat our own kind.”
~ Patrick Warburton

 

[Blue Orange]

“Anything that COULD” have a licensed D&D tie-in, SHOULD have a licensed official D&D tie in.”

~ paraphrase of Gene Simmons

There was the woodburning set (which might actually work as a tie-in now with the rise of geek crafting), flashlights, candy...

Brandification in Action

Take a good, long look at this image. That's the Official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Woodburning Set, released in 1983. Tim Hutchings recen...

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My understanding is if you don't use a trademark in a particular setting (cereal etc.), someone else can use it, so TSR was covering all its bases.

 

[Thunder Brother]

I see WotC is beginning to take notes from Japanese merchandising.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Yeah its getting out of hand. Somehow I think Gene Simmons is involved.

Better then Ben Simmons. We'd be getting nothing but brick shots then...

 

[darjr]

Apparently there have been boxes and bags of D&D Nerds all over the set the WHOLE TIME!!!!

 

[overgeeked]

Peak D&D. It's all downhill from here.

A week or two ago Critical Role did an ad for Taco Bell. We’ve already jumped the shark.

 

[Parmandur]

A week or two ago Critical Role did an ad for Taco Bell. We’ve already jumped the shark.

Yo queiro Papel Crítico.

 

[BookTenTiger]

Wait a minute... Nerds... Candy... Hasbro...

Is Candyland the new D&D Setting???

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Wait a minute... Nerds... Candy... Hasbro...

Is Candyland the new D&D Setting???

Can Dire Gummi Bears be far behind? Ochre Jelly Bellies? Jolly Rangers?

Edit: Trolos? Roc candy? Lich-orice whips? Wight chocolate?

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Can Dire Gummi Bears be far behind? Ochre Jelly Bellies? Jolly Rangers?

Gummy Purple Worms? (Or possibly Gummy Great Wyrms?) Sour-Patch Kenku? Beholder-shaped Lollipops?