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Licensing agreements across multiple entertainment industries. And this was the extension of that conversation, how and when would wotc impose restrictions on a licensees content beyond open commons agreements.

A lot, it's a creative license to create content. This is could be applied to say a movie, tv show, a book using certain wotc assets, etc.. it's all interrelated.

Mechanically update the setting, leave the creative content in tact. Make that product for that audience. Leave the old settings untouched at the same time, new mechanics v old mechanics, content preserved.

Someone like Wizkids comes to mind, I would bet they have a very specific licensing agreement with wotc. If they started making some Frank Frazetta styled Conan'esque D&D branded mini's I have a feeling wotc would have a thing or two to say. Although I think that would be a killer minis line!

Off the cuff, not making a 5e Dark Sun, despite it's tremendous popularity. Slap a disclaimer on it, be true to the source knowing it's a product that is for many but not all, and go for it! Not every product needs to be inclusive for everyone to be successful. As matter of fact you can actually...

I'm saying the somewhat vague "inclusion" is only part of wotc's GTM strategy, which may or may not have a direct impact on sales. They know, they have the analytics. Even with analytical data companies can still "mess it up".

You want to include the audience your product is designed for, yes you can grow it, but not every product is made for every person. Knowing and reading your audience is important, wotc seems to have a mixed track record at this point of reading their audience.

Some marketing campaigns succeed, others fail. Corporate product directions the same, some times they over reach, some times under. There are examples of all of it. We'll see how wotc does moving forward, many believe they have had several missteps over the last few years, despite all their...

Many of those articles are about diversity in the workplace, that's not the same thing as what wotc is doing. Marketing to an audience is not hiring practices. Can you think of any maybe recent marketing that misfired?

There are so many factors here, chasing markets, ignoring your analytics, etc... Companies misjudge their audience all the time, and I mean all the time. I personally "might" not be the soul target, or even a micro fraction of it for wotc, but is that a good thing, time will tell.

Good point although I was imagining a more direct licensing agreement.

That's not true, not a judgement on right or wrong of it, just that is not factually true. Audience has a big say on success, and being inclusive to one group, might be viewed as exclusionary to another.

I 100% said that for sure. A simple explanation lost in translation, what I meant was wotc removing the word savage and other words, like fat, madness, etc... from their content is a bummer and it's hard to keep up with all the rapid similar changes they are doing to the game. I believe they are...

I've said wotc has made the game rather uninteresting and uninspired to me over time for many reasons including the changing of the language in their text as just one small example of many that contribute to this. I repeated this point several times in my posts, I've never said wotc would come...

Seems close, no? Public shaming… hmmm

Telll that to wotc, not me. They are ones changing all their actual books to remove it.

Oh come on, really? You know that's not what I think, that's absurd, come on. You are just doing the standard very selective deflect with absurdity thing. You did it on my other post as well, it seems you are more interested in jaded responses, than actual discourse. Even when I smiley faced...

AL attendance at cons was one thing, game player analytics another. You are gonna hate this but the data is not public/free. I'm sorry, and I know that is prob the end for you, but it is, what it is.

You are close to my point, the fact wotc needs to remove the word savage from their books is part of the problem, while other's don't, that over and over, catering to every niche and every possible scenario is what happens when you try and cater to every single person and sub group of people in...

Oh I was sincerely trying to bring some levity and humor to the conversation, wasn't meant as antagonizing dare. I was just kidding, not trying to be a jerk a bout it. I have to remember you deal with so much stuff on forums, assuming humor might not always be the sound bet, better for in...