Are D&D and WotC dying?

[theoremtank]

I'm a little discouraged after all the layoffs at Wizards of the Coast, out-of-date links on the D&D sections of their official D&D sight, the eTools customer neglect, that D&D is no longer important to those at Wizards of the Coast. As I have lost much respect for WotC over customer neglect and ignored emails, I can only hope that they (Hasbro or WotC?) choose to sell D&D away to a company or being, who once again, will devote some concern toward the game and the fans as opposed to soley devoting themselves to profit.

 

[Khan the Warlord]

No, they're both far from dying.

 

[Dragongirl]

While I have some concerns about what future WOTC products will be like and consistancy I am not worried that either they are D&D are doomed. They will be merely getting outside work a lot more often than before. This means that the quality of work could vary a lot more than it generally does now. Though I suppose they could go to the same outside writers/artists all the time.

As for D&D, I think D20 shows that the game as a whole does not depend on offical D&D. If there came a time when there were no more offical DMGs and PHBs I can think of several D20 companies that would be more than capable of producing a new standard system.

 

[Darkness]

Heh. Here we go again...

 

[rounser]

Dunno about the web site or corporate shenanigans, but product-wise...

I bought Monster Manual II recently, and I'm very happy with it. It lends a monster tone to the game which MM didn't quite deliver on, and which I sorely missed. With this book, 3E D&D finally has a monster palette which I dig stylistically. The situation should only get better with the upcoming Tome of Horrors.

Thank you Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Steve Winter, Ed Bonny and all others involved, you've done a bang up job on this one as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Crothian]

Heh. Here we go again...

Ya. Wizards is going to have some loss and thier D&D books may suffer a little becasue of it, but I really think you need to look at the whole d20 Community. It's not going anywhere and many of these companies are producing better books then Wizards.

 

[jgbrowning]

No, they're both far from dying.

thank you for saying what i wanted to say if i hadn't been knee deep in the avalance press thread.

no, of course not.

joe b.

 

[Number47]

This reminds me of what I have been hearing about Apple for fifteen years. I am a big Mac fan and have had to hear rumors of Apple's downfall every year even though the company continues to produce the technology that everyone else wants to copy?

Sound a lot like my other favorite hobby?

For both companies, I'll believe it when I actually see it.

 

[Buttercup]

Are D&D and WotC dying? Of course not. D&D won't die until no one is playing it anymore. That isn't going to happen anytime soon.

 

[Grazzt]

Isn't it too early for this thread/topic? You are supposed to wait until WotC has another round of layoffs before asking about the end of WotC, D&D, and the OGL.