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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 7663529" data-attributes="member: 5100">My concern isn't with the production quality (alone). It's that D&D, as a brand, means little more than "pseudo-medieval roleplaying". Forgotten Realms or Dragonlance mean something tangible, from a story/movie/etc. perspective. I have no problem with Hasbro making a "Forgotten Realms" movie and honestly wish them the best and would go see it. All the hubbub around "expanding the impact" of D&D, coupled with the semi-official statement that Forgotten Realms is getting all their attention, right now, really has me worried that D&D is about to become synonymous with the Realms. The day that happens, is the day I walk away from the system -- I may continue to use my old stuff, but won't be buying anything new. The same would happen, whether it was the Realms, Krynn, Eberron, or even Greyhawk. D&D isn't about any specific setting and never should be; if anything, it's about the tabletop action and, maybe, each DM's homebrew. Hasbro could take any/all of the D&D settings and make stellar products in other media. Those products could drive interest in the tabletop experience. D&D, itself, can't be made into a book or a movie. D&D is another medium, in its own right. Ignoring that endangers both the products made for other media as well as the RPG.</blockquote>