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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 4577312" data-attributes="member: 46713"><p>Since I haven't seen anyone mentioning it and I thought it might be of interest in light of some of the recent news regarding WotC and Hasbro:</p><p></p><p>The German publisher for D&D 4E (Feder & Schwert) has announced to allow their contract with Hasbro to expire on December 31st, 2008 (<a href="http://www.feder-und-schwert.com/news.php?id=138" target="_blank">source</a>). They want to concentrate on translations of their novel lines, the Warhammer rpg, and 'new projects' instead.</p><p></p><p>A representative of 'Feder & Schwert' elaborated somewhat on this (<a href="http://forum.dnd-gate.de/index.php/topic,21175.msg350435.html#msg350435" target="_blank">source</a>):</p><p>- This means that after publishing the translated versions of the three Core books they'll be allowed to sell their D&D publications until March 31st, 2009.</p><p>- It was a very short-term decision. It's worth noting that translations for D&D 4E supplements had already begun.</p><p>- It seems that Hasbro has no plans regarding the future of German D&D products beyond that, at this time.</p><p></p><p>Another item worth noting is that I was made aware of this by a newsletter from Dragonworld, an (online) rpg/boardgame shop. They also mentioned that they were having problems with the current WotC sales and distribution department responsible for Europe (e.g. having to make making binding preorders 8 months in advance to find that the purchase price had gone up).</p><p></p><p>Taken together, these are dire news for D&D 4E here in Germany. Imho, this practically guarantees that except for the (few) hardcore 4E fans who've been buying the English books anyway, D&D is dead over here.</p><p></p><p>For me personally, it probably means, I'm never going to play 4E, unless some other German publisher is willing to put up with Hasbro's terms. Sad news, indeed, since I was really looking forward to switching after finishing my 3E campaign.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 4577312, member: 46713"] Since I haven't seen anyone mentioning it and I thought it might be of interest in light of some of the recent news regarding WotC and Hasbro: The German publisher for D&D 4E (Feder & Schwert) has announced to allow their contract with Hasbro to expire on December 31st, 2008 ([url=http://www.feder-und-schwert.com/news.php?id=138]source[/url]). They want to concentrate on translations of their novel lines, the Warhammer rpg, and 'new projects' instead. A representative of 'Feder & Schwert' elaborated somewhat on this ([url=http://forum.dnd-gate.de/index.php/topic,21175.msg350435.html#msg350435]source[/url]): - This means that after publishing the translated versions of the three Core books they'll be allowed to sell their D&D publications until March 31st, 2009. - It was a very short-term decision. It's worth noting that translations for D&D 4E supplements had already begun. - It seems that Hasbro has no plans regarding the future of German D&D products beyond that, at this time. Another item worth noting is that I was made aware of this by a newsletter from Dragonworld, an (online) rpg/boardgame shop. They also mentioned that they were having problems with the current WotC sales and distribution department responsible for Europe (e.g. having to make making binding preorders 8 months in advance to find that the purchase price had gone up). Taken together, these are dire news for D&D 4E here in Germany. Imho, this practically guarantees that except for the (few) hardcore 4E fans who've been buying the English books anyway, D&D is dead over here. For me personally, it probably means, I'm never going to play 4E, unless some other German publisher is willing to put up with Hasbro's terms. Sad news, indeed, since I was really looking forward to switching after finishing my 3E campaign. [/QUOTE]
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