D&D General Does WotC use its own DMG rules?

[Micah Sweet]

Sure, but they were also incompetent amateur business people, highly litigious and a bunch of back-stabbers.

Some of them, yes. Doesn't change any of my points in their favor though.

 

[Micah Sweet]

If D&D is sold, NO ONE will make them.

Except whomever buys D&D. Basic logic suggests that they would continue to make the game.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Some of them, yes. Doesn't change any of my points in their favor though.

Mussolini made the trains run on time.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Except whomever buys D&D. Basic logic suggests that they would continue to make the game.

No, basic logic says the tabletop game is marginal at best and not worth continuing. The brand is the only thing with value, and that can be attached to computer games, media and subscription-based services.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Mussolini made the trains run on time.

I really don't think equating TSR with fascism is appropriate.

 

[Micah Sweet]

No, basic logic says the tabletop game is marginal at best and not worth continuing. The brand is the only thing with value, and that can be attached to computer games, media and subscription-based services.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see then. I'm sure Hasbro will sell any day now, making this whole thread of discussion extremely relevant.

 

[Scribe]

I guess we'll just have to wait and see then. I'm sure Hasbro will sell any day now, making this whole thread of discussion extremely relevant.

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The point is they dont need to. Just license out. BG3 will have more cultural impact than the 5.5 PHB.

 

[Micah Sweet]

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The point is they dont need to. Just license out. BG3 will have more cultural impact than the 5.5 PHB.

That it will. So I suppose the end of D&D as a TTRPG is already written on the wall?

 

[Scribe]

That it will. So I suppose the end of D&D as a TTRPG is already written on the wall?

Not in my opinion. I dont believe the investment required, especially once the core books are done, makes it unprofitable to continue it.

Hasbro/Wizards can just hire on junior level staff, put out the next book (and the cycle here doesnt need to be aggressive as 5e proved) and then lay those folks off, and pick up the next "I want to be an RPG designer." crop.

D&D the TTRPG is the big fish...in an absolutely tiny pond.

The latest kickstarter for Pirateborg, brought in over $600K. Thats a tiny outfit, vs whatever Wizards wants to invest into D&D. The TTRPG is not dead.

 

[Clint_L]

No, basic logic says the tabletop game is marginal at best and not worth continuing. The brand is the only thing with value, and that can be attached to computer games, media and subscription-based services.

Huh?

First, D&D is very profitable, from everything that we've seen. It's not on the same scale as MtG, but it still draws in significant revenue and makes a lot of profit. If the brand was sold off, someone would keep publishing the game, for sure. I mean, Pathfinder became a successful venture by basically being an extended version of 3e, and it does a fraction of D&D's numbers.

On top of that, the core of the brand identity is the game, and the continuation of the game is vital to that. Even if, say a D&D movie empire was hugely successful, on the scale of the MCU, whoever owns the IP would keep publishing the game for the same reason that Marvel keeps publishing comics: it's the heart of their branding.