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And the people I talk to say "Are you playing the new version of 5e?" Anecdotes aren't data

Excellent. Then we agree at least one race swap is necessary for a modern audience.

Is only a white could save these natives a good story? Because that's what the lack of changing Goldmoon's story is

A Fourth Wing boxed set

If people can deal with multiethnic casts for Shakespeare I think we can handle it in pulp fiction. That or you're going to have to start demanding Othello is played by a white dude because that was historically true.

It's a marketing miss that D&D hasn't done a Narnia bit yet. When I think of that "What would D&D Universes Beyond be?" thread talking animals and Narnia are near the top of my list. Plus, what a great way to undercut round two of the satanic panic

As a reminder, in this thread, it was pointed out that 5e sold more than 3e or 3.5 or 4 just two years into its existence. It was also clearly shown that 5e 2024 sold more than that in just a few months. It continues to sell. The delay of the Monster Manual didn't slow it down. So when you say...

And they just said, a year into it, that it's selling better than 5e was

I've been tempted to use 2014 Inspiration and Black Flag's Luck

Every company loses customers because of the choices they make. They should choose which customers to lose -- those that think large swaths of people aren't human should be lost.

What's interesting to US may not be the same as what's interesting to investors. 130 million for D&D, if true, as an example

There's some algebra can be done via the various measurements that are released. @Alphastream will have update at some point

An every other week session of 3 hours is what we do.

It's massively delayed. He and his brother are the current leads, as announced by WotC. It was supposed to be part of the 50th Anniversary celebration. I haven't found any public reason why it went from nearly ready in 2023 to whatever you want to call this current state of near abandonment.

Hasbro's revenue from Monopoly Go! last quarter was about 125 million (I'm not looking it up again). The game itself makes more money than that, but it's a licensed game. Hasbro only gets a cut. D&D almost certainly outearned Monopoly Go! last quarter for Hasbro (but it didn't out profit it).

You're in a thread talking about 2024 sales and you brought up BookScan. I'd love to know if you have more than that single release from the presale, because you mentioned BookScan as the best data we have (it's not).

Cosmere, Daggerheart, Draw Steel, Avatar not to mention all the legacy systems that remain strong and earning.

If you've seen BookScan data for anything but the single week of 2024's prerelease you've done something no one else has talked about publicly

Yeah, I think D&D is one of their top brands, but they don't give numbers for Transformers, GI Joe, Pepa Pig either. Monopoly is the only other regular mention.

It did reference timeframe. It's talking about from launch to the equivalent point in time. As these calls are for investors, that's enough detail. It won't be enough to shutter the click-baiters into insisting that 2024 was a failure though.