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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 394236" data-attributes="member: 1457">Thanks for the reply Anthony, and thanks for asking the community for ideas (I hope this is a trend). But... you want Gamers to tell you how to make something cool? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Just kidding. Okay, here are some ideas:1. Bring back the D&D cartoon. Okay, can't do that for $$$ reasons. Dang.2. I work in the computer game industry. Some say (me included) that what really made computer games take off was the Gold Box D&D games. Pool of Radiance got many of the D&D players to stop playing D&D with buddies and start playing D&D with their computers. Well, now it's payback time. Continue introducing the legions of computer/console gamers to the D&D world. NWN, BG (for console & PC), and D&D Heroes are a good start. But you need to get that D&D MMORPG out there, and even more importantly you need to get a console game out there starring one or more Iconics. Console gamer identify with characters, not game systems or settings. You need to make Mialee into Mario.3. Release D&D Lite. Get rid of AoOs, 5-foot steps, being able to choose feats and stats, and all that. Just make players play the Iconics. And streamline the combat round: no more Moves, Partial Actions, Full Actions, More-equivalent, or whatever. Instead, each player gets 1 and only 1 action: a move, a charge, a spell, an attack, whatever. Include dice, basic mins, and a battlemat.  Keep it simple. Keep it fast. Make the cover art very heroic, something that would appeal to, say, jocks and wrestling fans: lots of big guys wearing either armor and uniforms or loin clothes and baby oil. Whoever had the idea of making Regdar's helm resemble a football helmet should get a medal.4. Get more celebs to talk about D&D. Everyone knows that the 70's Show actors play video games. Everyone knows Tobey Maguire plays video games. Last night on ER, Noah Wiley mentioned video games. No one talks about D&D. 5. Speaking of That 70's Show: why don't those kids ever play D&D? Product placement!6. Turn the RPGA into a pyramid scheme. For every gamer you recruit, you get 10% off the next WotC splatbook. For every gamer recruited by one of your recruits you get 5% off. Accumulate 100% and you receive the splat book for FREE.7. Number 6 was a joke.8. Tone down the nasty covers and geek imagery on WotC products and covers. The PHB, DMG, and FRCS were steps in the right direction. The MM and especially the MM2 were steps in the wrong direction. 9. Convince the Jackass guys to play D&D. The unwashed masses will imitate.10. New TV show: America's Iconic11. New TV show: Survivor: The Temple of Elemental Evil-z</blockquote>

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