D&D General Elon Musk Wants To Know 'How Much Is Hasbro?'

Following the richest man in the world's attack on Wizards of the Coast for two paragraphs in the 500-page celebration of D&D, The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons 1970-1977, Elon Musk--who bought Twitter not that long ago--wants to know how much D&D's owner Hasbro would cost.

After the public sharing on Twitter of Jason Tondro's (who wrote the book’s foreword) private Facebook posts, Musk replied "How much is Hasbro?"

Hasbro's estimated capitalization is currently $8.71 billion, with $3.95 billion of debt.

It was on 21st December 2017 when Musk similarly enquired "How much is it?" before proceeding to make a bid for Twitter. He later tried to back out of the deal, but was forced to buy the platform for $44 billion in June 2022. Current estimates by investment firm Fidelity put the platform at a value 80% less than when he bought it, with a worth of only about $9.4 billion.

 

[KYRON45]

Paizo is privately owned, not publicly traded, so he can't buy it, if the owner does not wish to sell it, the same is not true Hasbro.

If he backed a dump truck full of money up to the Paizo offices and knocked on the door politely...it would be for sale.

 

[mamba]

He knows how to use Google and can figure out the cost of something… I think?

not sure, but pretty sure there is someone around him he could ask that would get him an accurate result without resorting to Twitter’s guesses by the fools following him

 

[Henadic Theologian]

If he backed a dump truck full of money up to the Paizo offices and knocked on the door politely...it would be for sale.

I don't know if their is enough money to make the owner of Paizo conformable doing that.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

And losing. I have to wonder if trying to steal candy from a baby wouldn’t be more within his capabilities.

How's he losing, he has folks absolutely freaking out.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Black Friday sale, not even sure Musk said anything first…

I don't like this Black Friday thing, I hear people got killed because of getting crushed during black Friday.

 

[Corinnguard]

If he backed a dump truck full of money up to the Paizo offices and knocked on the door politely...it would be for sale.

I don't think it would be this simple because of all the logistical red tape (difficult terrain) and hoops (acrobatic checks) he would have to go through to acquire Paizo.

Plus the people who run Paizo would have to weigh in on what's more important to them. The money or their company's reputation. If they sold Paizo to Musk, Paizo's reputation takes a major hit within the RPG community. The act would drive away a number of its' fans who have played and enjoyed Pathfinder over the last couple years. If they refused to sell Paizo to him, what could Musk do? A number of things I am sure, but all of them would cost him money. I would be amused if their would-be refusal led to him being surprised (psychic damage) and shocked (lightning damage).

I like to think he would have a better time dealing with a dragon. Not.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I think CEO Chris Cocks should troll everyone and suggest a price to Elon Musk

 

[Horwath]

More importantly...

"How much is the fish?"

 

[Parmandur]

I don't like this Black Friday thing, I hear people got killed because of getting crushed during black Friday.

Yeah, not so much these days with Black Friday sales online a week early.

Point is, a premium product being 50% off for Black Friday is pretty normal. Especially a 50th anniversary product as the 50th anniversary nears a conclusion.

 

[Charlaquin]

He's a ragebait tourist. He isn't powerful. Wealthy, sure, but he's not powerful.

I dunno, he’s made himself the boyfriend of the most powerful country’s new dictator…