'Dungeons & Dragons' fights for its future

[wedgeski]

It's not unexpected that the relatively uninformed will pounce on the online component as the genesis of a story which bemoans D&D's supposed death at the hands of WoW. To be honest that article sounded more reasonable than I expected from this thread.

What's unfortunate is that Paizo's announcement is portrayed as some kind of nail in the coffin, as if it'll have anything except a miniscule effect on the game as a whole.

 

[Dragonblade]

The truth is that just as you can spot the bias and misdirection in any story as long as you are informed about and fluent in the subject. Just because you don't see the distortion in a story about politics, the Middle East, or anything else outside your area of expertise doesn't mean that it isn't there.

Very true. Still drives me nuts, though!

 

[DaveMage]

The article seemed fine to me.

D&D is at a crossroads.

Will it live or die? Film at 11.

 

[Warbringer]

Will it live or die? Film at 11.

Oh gods no... not another DnD movie

 

[Warbringer]

"Perhaps not coincidentally, the online features of fourth-edition D&D will carry a monthly fee of $14.95, though a one-year contract brings the cost down to $9.95 per month."

Didn't know that !

 

[I'm A Banana]

That article is fine.

In the wake of Gygax's tremendous web-footprint passing, the press is kind of interested in what's going on with something some of them probably vaguely remember from high school.

A little investigation tells them Hey! New Edition! And they're doing some new things with the internet, which is part of what Gygax is given credit for having kind of helped idealize in the form of social networks and game theories of interaction and whatnot. So it's a good Internet Angle.

And that little investigation also tells them not everyone's on board with the new edition.

Nerd Chic + Web 2.0 + Gygax In The News = "Hey! Remember D&D? It's still around, we guess!" article from the AP.

I don't see where it's claiming a bias or being misleading -- any misinterpretation is going to come from the reader, not the article.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

Thanks for pointing out that AP thing. I guess this could be picked up by all kinds of papers then in the next couple of days.

 

[kenwolf]

how is this story bias ? i don't see anything being bias at all. i see it stating facts of the game that some people don't want to admit.

D&D had about six million players worldwide last year, according to a survey by Wizards, though Rouse said the figure may be somewhat inflated.

6 million players isn't a lot and if this number gets split even a little bit from people not moving to 4th it isn't good for wizards at all.

 

[Kzach]

I'd love to see the survey that Mr. Pramas conducted to get his information.

 

[coyote6]

I'd love to see the survey that Mr. Pramas conducted to get his information.

What did he need to do a survey about? Tabletop gaming as a reason to get together with friends & hang out? Size of the gaming industry? WoW as D&D of this generation?