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    WotC Some Takeaways From Hasbro's Latest Reports

    They've split them out at other times, notable when its performance was quite good or quite poor, not middling. All that was mentioned in this presentation is that the 2024 PHB is exceeding expectations and is already the best selling book of all time when compared to other releases' first year...
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    WotC Some Takeaways From Hasbro's Latest Reports

    Famously, we all watched Dell channel on the Dell OS using the Dell TV screen in our Dell Car More to the point of this story, D&D is both a franchise brand and a game. Hasbro reports on the brand overall, but not the game because the brand is revenue relevant while the game is not. This is...
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    WotC Some Takeaways From Hasbro's Latest Reports

    Apple TV, Apple TV+ would be my examples that Apple isn't just a computer company. They've launched a massive media organization. They do both hardware and software. They attempted to launch a car. Microsoft used to own a cable station, they have a servers network, consumer software, hardware...
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    WotC Some Takeaways From Hasbro's Latest Reports

    Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon are four of the top five companies by market cap. They are all conglomerates. Investors don't care.
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    WotC Some Takeaways From Hasbro's Latest Reports

    They didn't reveal GI Joe's total revenue, this means D&D is failing
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    D&D 5E (2024) Damage Threshold, the new "need a magic weapon"?

    that's what kobolds and cultists are for!
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    Chris Perkins and James Wyatt Answer Burning Questions About the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide

    Yeah, even the lower level monsters have more frequent riders. They'll be attacking with advantage or able to escape cordons much easier than the 2014 versions
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    Hasbro Hit With Layoffs, Wizards of the Coast Impacted

    They're getting into a job that pays rather well in one of the most desirable markets in the United States, as opposed to the vast majority of RPG companies that nearly require a second job in order to live in a similar region.
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    Hasbro Hit With Layoffs, Wizards of the Coast Impacted

    This story is an excellent reminder that employees closer to the people who love the product are the people that understand those of us that use the product. Employees closer to shareholders understand shareholders. It's a story of scale and relationships. Dixon understood us Farmers and...
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player’s Handbook is ‘Fastest Selling D&D Book Ever’

    the tldr is that it PHB 2024 beat expectations by over 50% per Cocks' opening remarks today
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player’s Handbook is ‘Fastest Selling D&D Book Ever’

    I'm betting because it's to mainstream press / investors. Those are the types that will think that edition launches are what matters, and don't really know that 5e's sales behavior didn't follow the standard curves. But if these sales keep up they'll have to talk about that in ways that...
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    D&D 5E (2024) Homebrew Tool Proficiencies

    Coffee Gear (Dex/Int) You can source, roast and prepare coffee in a manner pleasing a guest. I've written a lot about this already and look forward to updating for 2024.
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player’s Handbook is ‘Fastest Selling D&D Book Ever’

    You say 10 times, but Jess is saying nearly 24 times.
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Player’s Handbook is ‘Fastest Selling D&D Book Ever’

    Year one of the 2014 PHB sold 127k. Some other notes; D&D core will be back in Target and Walmart next year Other languages will be available next year. https://www.polygon.com/dnd-dungeons-dragons/469141/players-handbook-sold-out
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    D&D 5E (2024) 2024 Artificer

    I've enjoyed using my Artillerist cannon as a lite-pet. And, even without combat-centered optimization the party feels like I'm doing my part.
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    WotC D&D's Christopher Perkins Promoted to Creative Director

    While this was kind of hinted at, the reality is quite different. Nathan Stewart left to work in video games full time. Mike Mearls was laid off. There were others involved too. IIRC one retired. Another went to video games full time. The layoffs barely touched the level of people who worked...
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    D&D 5E (2024) The New Custom Backgrounds Details

    One of the nice things they did with Greyhawk, which people should do when creating custom backgrounds for their world, is connect the backgrounds to particular places of interest.
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    D&D 5E (2024) Article on Adventure Hooks for Bastions

    Because the majority of tables don't play published adventures
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