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Franchise model is how things worked from 2014 to 2020 or so. One group steered D&D and worked with licensees to set up their content...
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A lot of it is that companies are finally starting to try to pay their creators properly. Even so, the industry is nowhere close to that...
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As another example - the annual events like Tomb of Annihilation are 100% a byproduct of a franchise model. If you liked that era, this...
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I think this means that in the future, stuff like Baldur's Gate 3 and the D&D movie would have actual tie-in products. IME the franchise...
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I don't see anything in the write-up to assume they'll be farming out actual D&D books. It sounds like the attention is on movies, TV...
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Well, being in traditional publishing, it isn't like they have the expertise to do TV, movies, or video games in-house. Managing those...
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https://app.alchemyrpg.com/marketplace Tales of the Valiant is available for free today on the Alchemy VTT and it includes downloadable...
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I’m sometimes still stunned that it’s true.
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