D&D General Elon Musk Wants To Know 'How Much Is Hasbro?'

Following the richest man in the world's attack on Wizards of the Coast for two paragraphs in the 500-page celebration of D&D, The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons 1970-1977, Elon Musk--who bought Twitter not that long ago--wants to know how much D&D's owner Hasbro would cost.

After the public sharing on Twitter of Jason Tondro's (who wrote the book’s foreword) private Facebook posts, Musk replied "How much is Hasbro?"

Hasbro's estimated capitalization is currently $8.71 billion, with $3.95 billion of debt.

It was on 21st December 2017 when Musk similarly enquired "How much is it?" before proceeding to make a bid for Twitter. He later tried to back out of the deal, but was forced to buy the platform for $44 billion in June 2022. Current estimates by investment firm Fidelity put the platform at a value 80% less than when he bought it, with a worth of only about $9.4 billion.

 

[Mecheon]

Shareholders at Twitter hated Musk too, didn't stop him from buying Twitter.

Don't forget though, he didn't intend to buy Twitter originally. He made a whole bunch of noise and offers, but offered one that was so insanely high they went for it. He then immediately attempted to retract it but got caught in legallities over the offer, so had to go ahead and purchase it

Honestly I don't know what you all think Musk would do that would be that bad, except firings maybe, although hopefully not.

He's Musk, his sheer presence in things makes them bad. Doesn't matter what he does, his name and presence taints things

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Don't forget though, he didn't intend to buy Twitter originally. He made a whole bunch of noise and offers, but offered one that was so insanely high they went for it. He then immediately attempted to retract it but got caught in legallities over the offer, so had to go ahead and purchase it


He's Musk, his sheer presence in things makes them bad. Doesn't matter what he does, his name and presence taints things

5 to 8 years ago Musk was the golden boy of progressives who was going to save the environment. This still seems weird to me.

 

[J.Quondam]

5 to 8 years ago Musk was the golden boy of progressives who was going to save the environment. This still seems weird to me.

What he was or was not 5 to 8 years ago is irrelevant to what he very clearly is today.
People change, and opinions of people change; there's nothing weird or mysterious about that.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

5 to 8 years ago Musk was the golden boy of progressives who was going to save the environment. This still seems weird to me.

He still would be if he stayed away from social media.

 

[Corinnguard]

Honestly I don't know what you all think Musk would do that would be that bad, except firings maybe, although hopefully not.

Until he does or doesn't buy Hasbro/WoTC, we really don't know because we aren't him.

 

[Mort]

Assuming he goes through with this, I don't think Musk's goal would be to have D&D remain the same. Better or worse, it'll be different.

But we already have the books. Well I guess we're waiting on the newest Monster Manuel, but that's coming quickly.

So if it happens and you don't like Musk's version, there is more than enough out that you don't have to switch.

Granted for new/incoming players, it might be different. Fortunately, that's not me.

 

[mamba]

What do think Musk will do to D&D to make it more sexist/racist.

What do you think Musk will do to Minorities and women?

I do not expect Musk to buy D&D, so I am not thinking about what he will do, they can worry about that. Given his general attitude and that of his 'fans', I can only assume that any change by them will be negative

 

[mamba]

5 to 8 years ago Musk was the golden boy of progressives who was going to save the environment. This still seems weird to me.

which of the two, that he was then or that he is not now? I mean, the not now should be pretty self-explanatory

 

[Corinnguard]

So if you if it happens and you don't like Musk's version, there is more then enough out that you don't have to switch

Or if you do feel like switching, there are a number of other 5e-adjacent RPGs to choose from.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

But we already have the books. Well I guess we're waiting on the newest Monster a Manuel, but that's coming quickly.

So if you if it happens and you don't like Musk's version, there is more then enough out that you don't have to switch.

Granted for new/incoming players, it might be different. Fortunately, that's not me.

Absolutely. We'll likely even have the new Monster Manual by the time this goes through, if it does.