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Hhaakon1 reacted to WinningerR's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head with
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I'll translate. Until now, the D&D brand was carved up into a few separate pieces, each managed different senior leaders. During my... -
Hhaakon1 reacted to mearls's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head with Like.
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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Hhaakon1 reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head with Like.
As long as this gets me a displaced beast Halloween outfit for my cat I am all for it. Also franchise out some B/X modules, more AD&D...
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Hhaakon1 replied to the thread Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head.Is DM now District Manager? How large is the exclusive area for each franchise? Can I buy the franchise for Renton, WA and make WotC...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to Amphytrion's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head with Like.
I think that, in some ways, it’s shocking this hasn’t been the case recently. BG3 came out to resounding popularity, yet there wasn’t...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to Amphytrion's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head with Like.
Descent Into Avernus was indeed a BG3 tie-in, but one meant for its early access phase (in 2019, if my memory does not fail). Besides...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to timbannock's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head with Like.
Clearly that was the case for WOTC, but...why did no one see this? BG1 and 2 were massive hits, and even they had tie-in products. They...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head with Like.
It was a massive hit when it went to early access, which lasted more than a year. WotC had ample time to do something more than they...
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Hhaakon1 reacted to werecorpse's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head with Like.
So does that make me a Franchisee instead of a DM?
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Hhaakon1 reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Dungeons & Dragons Shifts to Franchise Model, Dan Ayoub Named as Head with Like.
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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HWe've done this sort of thread (probably many) times before, but why not again? If you could command WotC to publish any book on any...
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HIt's my opinion that no one can truly imagine anything from before about 150 years before they were born without devoting a lifetime of...
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Hhaakon1 replied to the thread RPG Archive: Boot Hill Wild West RPG.Yeah. But will there be another Red Dead AAA game and some blockbuster and award winning Westerners? You betcha partner! Yellowstone...
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Hhaakon1 replied to the thread RPG Archive: Boot Hill Wild West RPG.Right, but I was talking about the subgenre of Revisionist Westerns that was peaking around 1985-1995. Silverado was not a revisionist...
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Hhaakon1 replied to the thread RPG Archive: Boot Hill Wild West RPG.Red Dead Redemption 2 is another bit of recent popular culture fitting Boot Hill. IIRC correctly it takes place around 1899.