D&D 5E Why I Think D&DN is In Trouble

DMZ2112 said:

Hasbro is launching D&D LEGOs this month, for gods' sake.

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Halivar said:

No.

NO!

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!111!!!one!!

*sob*

Time to open another credit card...

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DMZ2112 said:

There is some crazy nonsense going on at Wizards/Hasbro right now vis a vis D&D. There's a legal battle going on over the movie rights. Hasbro is launching D&D LEGOs this month, for gods' sake. For all we know D&D5 will launch in August 2014 with -- surprise -- the full Hasbro marketing juggernaut behind it, and at that point the game could literally be printed on bathroom tissue with excrement and it would still reconquer the hobby and possibly also a few third world nations, just for good measure.

Your opinions are noted. I'll see you at GenCon Drizztstan in 2015.

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NewJeffCT said:

D&D Legos? How do you do that? Dragons? Beholders? Giants? Famous encounter sites (Tomb of Horrors, Slave Pits of the Undercity?)

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NewJeffCT said:

D&D Legos? How do you do that? Dragons? Beholders? Giants? Famous encounter sites (Tomb of Horrors, Slave Pits of the Undercity?)

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DMZ2112 said:

http://www.hasbro.com/kre-o/en_US/shop/browse.cfm/KRE-O/Wizards-of-the-Coast/_/N-1rZofZ8eZgt/Ne-2l

It took me a bit to figure out what they were doing, but essentially they're using the D&D brand to produce their "Castle" line of Kre-Os. The branding is very light, except for the Drizzt set. Lots of "Knights" and "Fortresses," no mention of fighters, clerics, or even wizards, although the collectible individual minifigures include what appear to be a number of different D&D races and classes.

Also, one of the standalone minifigure sets is apparently a female orc warrior? That's kind of awesome.

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Dausuul said:

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