D&D (2024) Lifetime boycott of D&D-branded products?

[Dungeonosophy]

Correct, but even playing the game does. The ecosystem is sustained by that, and 3PP products, but I mean hey I'm not running a billion dollar business.

prob a Hasbro plant. LOL

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Obviously used books (whether 5e era or previous editions) do not directly support Hasbro.

Buying any D&D anywhere is supporting keeping D&D in the minds hearts and eyes of the public.
Playing a fantasy TTRPG with a d20 is most likely too

Hasbro has us... and they know it.

 

[Greg Benage]

If Ryan is right...

The Skaff Effect suggests that ALL activity in the category eventually benefits the marketshare leader; so competitive RPGs benefit D&D.

There's only one way out, and that's all the way out.

 

[Osgood]

A lifetime boycott doesn't make sense. The point of a boycott, or any protest, is to incentivize a company to reverse a point of contention. If and when they reverse course, folks should be prepared to do likewise--otherwise there's no incentive to change!

 

[Bagpuss]

A lifetime boycott doesn't make sense. The point of a boycott, or any protest, is to incentivize a company to reverse a point of contention. If and when they reverse course, folks should be prepared to do likewise--otherwise there's no incentive to change!

Agreed I really hope they reverse course before the movie comes out.

 

[Charlaquin]

I don't know about lifetime, but unless WotC changes their tune, I'm not going to be buying any D&D products or playing the game any more. I'll discuss with my players what system they'd like to move to; at the top of my list right now are PF2, A5e, or OSE assuming they get de-OSRified, maybe DW if they don't, or maybe homebrewing something if I can get my players onboard with the idea.

 

[Charlaquin]

Correct, but even playing the game does. The ecosystem is sustained by that, and 3PP products, but I mean hey I'm not running a billion dollar business.

Playing D&D does, yeah. Buying used copies of D&D adventure modules or otherwise aquiring them in ways that don't direct any revenue to WotC and converting them to play in another game system, I would personally consider fine.

 

[Alzrius]

Somehow I'm not sure the boycott idea is going to fly.

 

[Clint_L]

Yes, Hasbro's current actions tick me off. They are starting to behave like Disney or Apple when it comes to 3PP.

I haven't boycotted Disney or Apple. I also haven't boycotted companies that have in their history much, much worse things than this situation. I am assuming that if you are going to boycott D&D you have already boycotted Nike, Walmart, Amazon, every petroleum company, DeBeers, every major media company, all the major agribusinesses...

 

[Charlaquin]

Yes, Hasbro's current actions tick me off. They are starting to behave like Disney or Apple when it comes to 3PP.

I haven't boycotted Disney or Apple. I also haven't boycotted companies that have in their history much, much worse things than this situation. I am assuming that if you are going to boycott D&D you have already boycotted Nike, Walmart, Amazon, every petroleum company, DeBeers, every major media company, all the major agribusinesses...

This is literally the “you have criticisms of society, yet you participate in society” meme but unironically. If you don’t want to participate in a boycott of WotC that’s your prerogative, but “if you boycott anything you have to boycott everything” is an unattainable standard. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, we all have to pick our battles, and it is not at all surprising that in a community of people who are deeply invested in a hobby, the battle over Creative Commons within that hobby is one many of us would pick.