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A smartphone that opens up big enough to use as a battlemap for in-person play? Plus display your personal character sheet and allows...

And let's be clear - this has been WotC/Hasbro's goal since 2008. The disastrous "We want to make D&D like WoW" interview in 2008...

Anecdotally, I know more than a few people who enjoy D&D because it's one of the few experiences left that put them in a room with other...

I don't think that's the flex Cocks thinks it is.

It's notable that the wording here is extremely careful. All the actual examples given are ones that consumers don't really care about...

"AI integration has been a clear success"

Translation from Execuspeak: "We have enabled Copilot on all Microsoft apps in the company and disabled the user permissions to turn it...

Definitely incorrect, I'm afraid. The reason 4E was created (and this has been discussed in interviews etc.) was that Hasbro issued an...

I don't think that would stop them, sadly, when owned by a corporation. I think, based on the history of D&D at WotC/Hasbro, there's a...

Oh, I did not want to suggest that was likely, or even a state of affairs that (like you say) has ever been true for very long. I guess...

I think a lot of it has to do with most of the screens being used for games being multi-functional. Like, it's fine to effectively keep...

My only concern with the digital tools is that I'm a maximalist for homebrew when it comes to D&D; any default tool that isn't easily...

I agree with you. The other thing I’d add about digital tools is that their presence begins to influence the experience of playing. If...

I mean, I'm not sure D&D has ever really been in that situation for very long at any time. You could perhaps say when TSR was small that...

It's sadly a truism that cutting staff causes your stock price to go up, even often in situations where cutting staff doesn't obviously...