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This is what is not factored in enough here when people say: "It will eventually make its money back." Now that we know what was spent on marketing we know that HaT is about 100m in the hole. That's 100m of debt that must be still be serviced. Vod/Streaming will not make up that gap anywhere...

No, I make an argument against Greed. Greed is a pernicious human failing that does not discriminate, and that history has shown to be pervasive in every economic system. This is true. Have their employee salaries, and freelancer pay risen 20% across the board in ten years? Anyone that...

Inflation is real. Wotc is not lying here. This is still nothing but a GREEDY Corporate Cash Grab. "But dude; you just said that Wotc claiming inflation causing cost to rise is real? How is that still a greedy cash grab?" Simple: Is Wotc announcing that they are also raising the pay of their...

I said that they could "give FLGS the same price per unit." if they wanted to. D&D does a 100m+ a year. Given their profit margins they could easily absorb the cost of having their warehouse vendor ship multiple orders. (The FLGS would pay the shipping costs like they always do anyway.) Would...

What's hilarious is that Wotc is paying the same price to print the books whether they go to a FLGS, or to Amazon... FLGS get screwed because WotC can't be bothered to add a few people to their staff, take orders, and give FLGS the same price per unit. And that's not even getting into the...

Stuff like this: I'm also not a fan of card mechanics. Of any kind. I have played enough different systems that I can recognize when I will utterly bounce off a mechanic. There is enough enthusiasm for the game that it is also clear that plenty of people have no issues issues at all with...

My main gripe was that had they given us a stripped down and streamlined version of Symbaroum, Dragonbane would have been their sexy prestige flagship title. Precisely because while it would still have had a distinctive visual style, the 'generic fantasy' aspect of the game would have appealed...

Yup. Some very recognizable bits from different systems shoehorned in... This kind of disjointed design killed my interest. I was hoping for a streamlined and somewhat pared down version of Symbaroum. (a brp derivative itself) Which would have been a much more solid base to start with, and...

This should really be the default option in the game. K.I.S.S. So +6, +3, +0 vs TN 18.

Forgotten Realms world building has Never been the best. Waterdeep has fresh water ‘Because Dragons’ is about as good a reason as any...

Of course there are exceptions. Nobody said that they're not. But exceptions are not examples. Because back-end hits like 'Encanto' rarely happen. Where's all the excitement for new Lightyear content, Strange World, The Black Cauldron, Treasure Planet, or the push for a John Carter sequel...

For the epically lazy; Any chance we could get a quick rundown on how the system works? Combat? Skills? Magic? I'm getting some Burning Wheel Dice/Riddle of Steel Combat system vibes from your current description. Is Streets of Peril something in a similar vein?

The difference here is that Paramount+ is not really "paying" for D&DHat streaming rights, as they are both owned by the same parent company. But: I do agree that they could absolutely justify/write-off the loss as an "investment" to grow subscribers for their platform. And I also do not...

Thank you Devilbass! We can now put this to rest: i.e. "You can't call D&D a flop just based on the box-office performance because 'muh streaming'..." Which is untrue because, the "traditional" metrics are still used; because everything still works the same! I have pointed this out a few...

I did. Spending more money on streaming content =/= D&D Movie Profitability. That is untrue. I said: Which is Empirically True, because the President of Paramount Global Said...

Then we are agreed, D&DHat is a box office flop. And has been pointed out; if the movie doesn't make that money back at the box office, a lot of that "overall financial success" can get eaten up by how much the film fell short. They won't make up the difference in Streaming views, because the...

Production + Marketing x2 is Also still commonly used. But maybe I'm putting too much stock in the Bona fides of: Clickbaity industry sites like - Variety: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/avatar-2-budget-expensive-2-billion-turn-profit-1235438907/ Quoting some director named - James...

True, but... The problem with relying on streaming revenue to make up the box-office gap in the case of the D&D film, is the streaming service that it is going to: Paramount+...

Well, the number's not wrong. D&DHaT has done $202,537,000 worldwide. But that is about half of what it needs at the box office just to break even. It's already up for VOD rentals/sales. So it's theatre run is dead. The best hope for D&D fans for a sequel is that the film becomes a fan...

And now for the most benign RPG forum thread derail of all time... For great Chess commentary, I highly recommend your kid take a look at the 'C-Squared Podcast' on youtube. Caruana, and Chirila dish out serious A-level commentary. Their recap coverage of the recent WCC was fantastic. It's...