Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
4 Hours w/ RSD - Escapist Bonus Column
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Radiating Gnome" data-source="post: 7647989" data-attributes="member: 150"><p>I can't help but think that it might be an interesting time for a Wizards/Hasbro to try a Paizo-style spin-off with D&D. </p><p></p><p>***Bear with me a sec before you cite the end of the Dungeon/Dragon contract as a reason this idea blows.*** </p><p></p><p>D&D as a brand isn't successful enough for Hasbro's standards. And probably isn't going to be anytime soon, barring some sort of miracle product. </p><p></p><p>It could be plenty big and successful for a much smaller organization, but that smaller company could never survive the cost of buying the brand. </p><p></p><p>However, a licensing agreement to produce D&D products similar to the contract with Paizo to produce Dungeon and Dragon could be survivable for a small company. </p><p></p><p>Now; it's true that the smaller company would always be under the threat of the end of that contract -- and, really, it's inevitable that the contract would end eventually. But a good run -- 5-10 years -- could be very good for the brand, under the right leadership. </p><p></p><p>Anyway.... If you had the current DDI audience -- say 65,000 subscribers, give or take. Their subscription fees might support a full time desiger or two, maybe one or two DB/Coders to work on DDI tools. They'd have to count on the community for freelance content. And might have to leverage the community more for DDI tools, too. For example, toss the idea of developing the VTT and instead adapt a version of MapTools (not at all an original idea, I know). </p><p></p><p>Anyway, it's probably a terrible idea. Most of the ones I've come up with are. And I'm pretty sure, judging by the experience the Paizo folks had, they wouldn't recommend it -- I'm sure they're done not being in final control of the brand they're working on. </p><p></p><p>But other folks (fools?) -- passionate people, probably current or former WOTC employees who have been doing this work all along -- might be the right people, in the right place, to take on this sort of challenge, if it was that or severance and mothballing the brand. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'm just some beardless fatbeard who should be doing his own work right now....it's probably a terrible idea. </p><p></p><p>-rg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Radiating Gnome, post: 7647989, member: 150"] I can't help but think that it might be an interesting time for a Wizards/Hasbro to try a Paizo-style spin-off with D&D. ***Bear with me a sec before you cite the end of the Dungeon/Dragon contract as a reason this idea blows.*** D&D as a brand isn't successful enough for Hasbro's standards. And probably isn't going to be anytime soon, barring some sort of miracle product. It could be plenty big and successful for a much smaller organization, but that smaller company could never survive the cost of buying the brand. However, a licensing agreement to produce D&D products similar to the contract with Paizo to produce Dungeon and Dragon could be survivable for a small company. Now; it's true that the smaller company would always be under the threat of the end of that contract -- and, really, it's inevitable that the contract would end eventually. But a good run -- 5-10 years -- could be very good for the brand, under the right leadership. Anyway.... If you had the current DDI audience -- say 65,000 subscribers, give or take. Their subscription fees might support a full time desiger or two, maybe one or two DB/Coders to work on DDI tools. They'd have to count on the community for freelance content. And might have to leverage the community more for DDI tools, too. For example, toss the idea of developing the VTT and instead adapt a version of MapTools (not at all an original idea, I know). Anyway, it's probably a terrible idea. Most of the ones I've come up with are. And I'm pretty sure, judging by the experience the Paizo folks had, they wouldn't recommend it -- I'm sure they're done not being in final control of the brand they're working on. But other folks (fools?) -- passionate people, probably current or former WOTC employees who have been doing this work all along -- might be the right people, in the right place, to take on this sort of challenge, if it was that or severance and mothballing the brand. Anyway, I'm just some beardless fatbeard who should be doing his own work right now....it's probably a terrible idea. -rg [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
4 Hours w/ RSD - Escapist Bonus Column
Top