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    D&D General Dragon Delves To Feature Two Adventures "Appropriate For Solo Players"

    As as a middle-schooler back in the 80s so shy I couldn't ask my equally nerdy friends to play D&D with me . . . I loved the solo modules TSR used to put out back in the day. I'm excited WotC is again experimenting with this style of play. I've noticed on the DMs Guild, there are several solo...
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    WotC Chris Cao has left WotC

    Paper Magic predatory? Nah. No more so than baseball cards. Collectible, addicting . . . yeah.
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    D&D 5E (2024) WotC Unveils Dragon Delves' Eclectic Art Styles

    Will some of those art pieces glow under a blacklight? :) Those would make some cool posters for my psychedelic basement game room in the 1980s!!
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    D&D General Transgender Drow are Canon in Forgotten Realms! Woo!

    I'll take it! :) I know that Ed has been LGBTQ+ friendly . . . probably since before he even sold the Realms to TSR! So, no surprise that the Realms has always been a friendly place. And I love the "Um, Actually" reference!
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    D&D General Transgender Drow are Canon in Forgotten Realms! Woo!

    Nothing in the OP shows trans drow as "canon" . . . but this excerpt from Dragon Heist does!! Ed is good people, and of course gives anything he posts or publishes a degree of canon-feel, as he is the beloved creator of the Realms . . . but he does not own the rights to the Realms, nor does he...
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    WotC WotC (Mistakenly) Issues DMCA Takedown Against Baldur's Gate-themed Stardew Valley Mod

    Well, the police were not involved because the cards in question were very much NOT stolen. And WotC knew that. The worst possible crime was that a retailer purposefully broke street date. That's it. Should they have investigated? Yes. Should they have hired a security firm to do the work? I...
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    WotC WotC (Mistakenly) Issues DMCA Takedown Against Baldur's Gate-themed Stardew Valley Mod

    Yes. But hey, the arguments and sources provided here didn't convince you, neither did your own research . . . so why accept the truth of it now?
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    WotC WotC (Mistakenly) Issues DMCA Takedown Against Baldur's Gate-themed Stardew Valley Mod

    That's true . . . I love Pinkerton! It might not be their best album, but it still rocks! :)
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    WotC Chris Perkins announces Retirement from Dungeons and Dragons

    That was true for D&D before 5th Edition. It was not necessarily true for other RPGs, and it is not the sales model WotC has pursued for 5E, both 2014 and 2024. The 2024 books are selling well RIGHT NOW. Will that be sustained over time? That, of course, we'll have to wait and see.
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    WotC WotC (Mistakenly) Issues DMCA Takedown Against Baldur's Gate-themed Stardew Valley Mod

    Your tone is getting pushback, not so much your request for more info. It comes across as, "Oh yeah? Prove it!" rather than, "I don't have all the info, can you direct me to some of it?" For example, "I think using the wild west as recent history is a bit dodgy, but hey." Nobody actually used...
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    WotC WotC (Mistakenly) Issues DMCA Takedown Against Baldur's Gate-themed Stardew Valley Mod

    Your ignorance does not equate to others "spreading rumors". I feel @Faolyn's description of the event in question, WotC sending Pinkertons to harass a MtG YouTuber, is one with charged language . . . but none-the-less is fairly accurate to what happened. However, despite your own ignorance on...
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    WotC Chris Perkins announces Retirement from Dungeons and Dragons

    Yes, fear of change transcends age and different generations. It can even be passed down from parents to their kids . . . You should hear some of the stuff some of my 13-year old students, with nerdy parents at home, say about D&D . . . it used to shock me and I had to check to see if a 50-60...
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    WotC WotC (Mistakenly) Issues DMCA Takedown Against Baldur's Gate-themed Stardew Valley Mod

    Are they involved in union busting or corporate thuggery? And so it's not "YouTubers" but rather a handful of individual YouTubers? Okay.
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    GAMA's Communications Manager Declares Organization 'Broken'

    Anyone? All, or most, of tabletop fandom is aware? Yeah, if only. It's one warning, enough that those who hear it might look deeper. Just as what we are doing in this thread.
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    GAMA's Communications Manager Declares Organization 'Broken'

    I'm sure, but what exactly is your point? I may be misunderstanding, but you seem dismissive of the discussion that GAMA is a troubled organization. Like it's no big whoop. If so, I'd counter that the industry trade organization for the industry that serves our fandom is an important topic of...
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    WotC Chris Perkins announces Retirement from Dungeons and Dragons

    WotC definitely could claim ownership over Perkin's Iomandra campaign, and anything else he developed while working for WotC . . . but I don't think they would likely exercise that option. What would it gain them? While interesting settings, they did not garner fan support similar to Eberron or...
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    GAMA's Communications Manager Declares Organization 'Broken'

    Okay. Shrug. Not all corporations are poorly managed or toxic Plus, GAMA is an industry trade organization.
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    WotC Chris Perkins announces Retirement from Dungeons and Dragons

    I don't know what else to tell you, this type of contract is common in creative industries.
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    WotC Chris Perkins announces Retirement from Dungeons and Dragons

    Yes, that's how it works . . . depending on the work contract you sign. It's not uncommon in creative industries, and even other industries as well. I'm a school teacher, and technically, any curriculum I develop belongs to my school district, due to the employment contract I signed. The idea...
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