WotC WotC President Chris Cocks is Hasbro’s New CEO

Hasbro has appointed WotC president Chris Cocks as it’s new CEO.

Hasbro Names Chris Cocks as Chief Executive Officer

PAWTUCKET, R.I., January 05, 2022--Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Chris Cocks as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective February 25, 2022. Mr. Cocks currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of...

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Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Chris Cocks as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective February 25, 2022. Mr. Cocks currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Hasbro’s Wizards of the Coast and Digital Gaming division, a global leader in tabletop and digital gaming. He will succeed Interim CEO, Rich Stoddart, who was appointed following the October passing of Hasbro’s longtime CEO Brian Goldner. Mr. Stoddart, who has served as a Hasbro independent director since 2014, will become Chair of the Board, effective February 25, 2022.

 

[Mannahnin]

"It is only animation," as if that's an indication of quality?

More charitably he may mean that it's an indication of lower investment/production costs.

 

[Oofta]

More charitably he may mean that it's an indication of lower investment/production costs.

Animation generally takes longer, whether it's more expensive or not depends on how much CGI needs to be used for the live action version.

 

[Michael Linke]

6 boxed sets, 5 miniature sets, 26 supplements and adventures, 3 novels

How much of this is evidence of Planescape's success, and how much of it is evidence of the bloat that brought TSR down?

Dark Sun? ehhhhhh, it wasn't as big as you'd think.

But, Dark Sun had... 6 boxed sets, 26 supplements and adventures, 16 novels!

List of Dark Sun modules and sourcebooks - Wikipedia

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List of Dark Sun novels - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

"It is only animation," as if that's an indication of quality?

Unfortunately, D&D has a poor track record in both animation and live-action, no matter how fondly people look at the old cartoon series. But even so, animation is a safer and cheaper bet, especially for paying voice actors vs actors on screen.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

My suspects now are the official anouncement will be in April 1st, only to troll us, being this time the true new. The last UA is a good sign of Spelljammer as a comingsoon sourcebook.

If we talk about speculative fiction(fantasy+sci-fi) then animation could be cheaper for production.

I see other hook and it is the retro/vintage look, something like those retro-clone RPGs imitating the art style of the old-school titles.

The 80's cartoon was enough fun for children in that time. If there is not a revival it is because Disney has got the rights (and DC was who published the Spelljammer comics in the 80's).

 

[Oofta]

Unfortunately, D&D has a poor track record in both animation and live-action, no matter how fondly people look at the old cartoon series. But even so, animation is a safer and cheaper bet, especially for paying voice actors vs actors on screen.

Yes, the old, low budget crap will doom any future endeavor. Doom it I say!

Because past performance has always been a good predictor of future results

 

[dirtypool]

I just think that D&D in Space is a super popular idea already, even amongst people that aren't familiar with Spelljammer

Sure, but from a business approach, is it worth it to step into a game space that your largest competitor has been succeeding for four years?

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Yes, the old, low budget crap will doom any future endeavor. Doom it I say!

Because past performance has always been a good predictor of future results
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But does the D&D movie team have someone like Kevin Feige? Without him, the MCU would have probably crashed and burned.

 

[Nathaniel Lee]

I feel like you must have that backward. Spelljammer is copyright 1989, the same year as 2nd Edition. Planescape was released 1994, not long before the black cover reprints, and pretty close to the tail end of 2nd edition's support.

I'd buy that late 2nd edition players have a sense of nostalgia over WANTING to play Spelljammer, as it was out of print around the time they got sucked into the game by a FirstQuest or DragonStrike starter set, but TSR's in-book ads seemed unconcerned with whether the stuff they told you to buy was even possible to buy anymore.

At the end of the day, you're right: Spelljammer is the less popular cousin to Planescape. It's just how you got to that conclusion that seems off.

One big thing in Planescape's favor, I feel, is that one of the most popular and critically acclaimed CRPGs was set there, so at the very least there's name recognition beyond "just" the core TTRPG crowd of that time period?

 

[dirtypool]

But does the D&D movie team have someone like Kevin Feige? Without him, the MCU would have probably crashed and burned.

Kevin Feige did a wonderful job constructing an interconnected multifilm universe, but other franchise properties are not doomed to fail without someone like him. Nor would the MCU necessarily have been a failure with someone else at the helm. Before you knight the guy, don't forget he also produced Daredevil, Elektra, Fantastic Four, Rise of the Silver Surfer, X-Men: The Last Stand and Punisher: War Zone