WotC How much does Hasbro / WotC impact your feelings towards D&D?

[Alzrius]

@Alzrius as well.

I truly appreciate the work that Ben Riggs does... but as I have alluded to before, I have a strong preference for Peterson and Appelcline. Riggs tends to try to make the history more interesting and cinematic by trying to give you heroes and villains, which I find off-putting, instead of just letting the events speak for themselves.

Again, I look forward to what he uncovers, but as we get closer to the modern time, it isn't history, it's journalism.

You're preaching to the choir here, Snarf. I was objecting to Riggs' sensationalism before it was cool!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Let me put it this way:

When someone runs their company in a great, ethical way and it's clearly a nice place to work -- @Mongoose_Matt's annual State of the Mongoose posts are a treat to read -- it makes me more likely to buy from them.

Does that mean I never buy from a company or corporation that does things I disapprove of? No, unless I go live like a hermit in the woods and create my own paper from fallen trees to create my own RPGs with, at some point, I have to hold my nose to one degree or another.

But there are also companies that are so problematic that I am just done with them. They're mostly in the OSR space: You can guess which two companies spring to mind immediately there. And there's another one I haven't bought from in a decade that I am theoretically not boycotting yet, but they just haven't done anything that outweighs their stink. But no company is immune to potentially being on this list.

RPGs are not a necessity of life and even if they were, there's enough stuff out in the Creative Commons for me to roll up a system I would be happy playing for the rest of my life. (I am not someone who ever needs a premade adventure, splatbook or supplement -- I like homebrewing and, if I may say so, am no worse at it than a number of folks who've produced some stuff from the big companies.)

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

You're preaching to the choir here, Snarf. I was objecting to Riggs' sensationalism before it was cool!

In fairness, I was on the same wavelength as you before you were it was cool!

 

[BookTenTiger]

I was cool before Ben Riggs was objected to.

 

[Micah Sweet]

@Alzrius as well.

I truly appreciate the work that Ben Riggs does... but as I have alluded to before, I have a strong preference for Peterson and Appelcline. Riggs tends to try to make the history more interesting and cinematic by trying to give you heroes and villains, which I find off-putting, instead of just letting the events speak for themselves.

Again, I look forward to what he uncovers, but as we get closer to the modern time, it isn't history, it's journalism.

Agreed. I much prefer Appelcline's interpretation.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

I was cool before Ben Riggs was objected to.

I was cool, then I was hot, then I was cool again, and then I was dope, but then I was lit.

And now I'm just confused.

 

[Zardnaar]

I gave them a 4. It's more of a 3.5.

Wouldn't bother me if WotC went under tbh. Sick of American corporate behavior.

 

[DrJawaPhD]

I voted a 1 because I strongly dislike WotC but love DnD, and my dislike of WotC has no impact on my enjoyment of DnD. If I was required to pay money to WotC in order to play DnD I would likely feel differently, but fortunately it is very easy to play DnD without paying a penny to WotC.

The actual product for Dungeons and Dragons is manufactured in our imaginations, which is free. The only things that WotC manufacture and are able to charge money for are various aids that either help you save time or help you in the process of imagining cool ideas. These can be worthwhile and I will occasionally pay for them if the value is high enough (e.g. DnD Beyond character builder), but they are all entirely optional.

 

[mamba]

Well there’s nothing like quite like unbiased sources when you’re trying to reach the truth!

the 4e team said something pretty similar here


basically they had barely any time to playtest

 

[mamba]

2024 is rushed because they started work on it as late as possible to not hurt sales but don''t have the staff to produce the product correctly in 2 years.

and decided to throw the OGL in there to distract the designers from their actual work