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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6554137" data-attributes="member: 37579">Hopefully, after they've been cycled through stores, they'll be released on DnDClassics. They're no longer putting all their eggs in one basket by focusing all of their products on just the RPG, and spreading out into mini games, board games, comics, video games, dice games, etc. They're really focusing elsewhere.The novels also aren't being ignored. There were six or seven released last year. It remains to be seen if they're ignoring campaign settings. Easy money says we see one in the next year. They just don't have the staff to do a campaign setting AND the core rulebooks for the same quarter. And there's no way they're outsourcing that book.I'm also frustrated that they're not talking. But I can understand why. I do think they've moved from announcing products too far in advance to being far too silent. D&amp;D is a brand centered around an RPG, in the same way that the Marvel Universe is a brand centred around comics. D&amp;D hasn't beeing *just* the RPG in a long, long time. For example, there was the cartoon and the movies and so many other products. 4e really focused on the RPG. It made that the core of the brand. They had the monthly books and DDI for regular revenue and the minis and the tiles and the Fortune Cards and lots of extra little things all focused on the one experience of playing the RPG. Which meant that if the RPG players were not interesting one month, or reached saturation, that the entire brand struggled. By spreading out the product, less money is riding on the fortunes of one audience. The board game isn't meant to support the RPG. It has nothing to do with the RPG. It's meant to support the brand and the larger D&amp;D name.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 6554137, member: 37579"] Hopefully, after they've been cycled through stores, they'll be released on DnDClassics. They're no longer putting all their eggs in one basket by focusing all of their products on just the RPG, and spreading out into mini games, board games, comics, video games, dice games, etc. They're really focusing elsewhere. The novels also aren't being ignored. There were six or seven released last year. It remains to be seen if they're ignoring campaign settings. Easy money says we see one in the next year. They just don't have the staff to do a campaign setting AND the core rulebooks for the same quarter. And there's no way they're outsourcing that book. I'm also frustrated that they're not talking. But I can understand why. I do think they've moved from announcing products too far in advance to being far too silent. D&D is a brand centered around an RPG, in the same way that the Marvel Universe is a brand centred around comics. D&D hasn't beeing *just* the RPG in a long, long time. For example, there was the cartoon and the movies and so many other products. 4e really focused on the RPG. It made that the core of the brand. They had the monthly books and DDI for regular revenue and the minis and the tiles and the Fortune Cards and lots of extra little things all focused on the one experience of playing the RPG. Which meant that if the RPG players were not interesting one month, or reached saturation, that the entire brand struggled. By spreading out the product, less money is riding on the fortunes of one audience. The board game isn't meant to support the RPG. It has nothing to do with the RPG. It's meant to support the brand and the larger D&D name. [/QUOTE]

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