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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 6344525" data-attributes="member: 957">I'm reminded of the Warcraft episode of South Park.They asked the executives at Blizzard if anyone had an WoW account they all said &quot;No, I have a life.&quot;.I'm certain Hasbro &quot;pays attention&quot; to D&amp;D.&nbsp; It is a very valuable brand and the RPG is the foundation of that brand.If WotC was making 1,000 times on MtG than D&amp;D and D&amp;D was just about the RPG, Hasbro would still care about their D&amp;D investment.But D&amp;D isn't just about the RPG.&nbsp; So getting hung up on the details of the RPG would be a waste of time so long as the brand is in good hands and WotC is making money overall.Then you move past the business side of it and into the creative and the gap vastly widens.&nbsp; The executives at Hasbro would probably shudder at the thought of touching D&amp;D creative.Somebody at Hasbro looks at a spreadsheet every week and there is a line on that spreadsheet that is D&amp;D.&nbsp; They don't focus on that line unless something jumps out.&nbsp; Every week or month somebody at Hasbro has a conversation about prospects for the D&amp;D brand.&nbsp; Often this is a very short conversation.&nbsp; The actual RPG almost never comes up in the conversation.It would be a bad business practice to micromanage the creative side of D&amp;D.&nbsp; They know it and they are quite content with that because they don't want to anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 6344525, member: 957"] I'm reminded of the Warcraft episode of South Park. They asked the executives at Blizzard if anyone had an WoW account they all said "No, I have a life.". I'm certain Hasbro "pays attention" to D&D. It is a very valuable brand and the RPG is the foundation of that brand. If WotC was making 1,000 times on MtG than D&D and D&D was just about the RPG, Hasbro would still care about their D&D investment. But D&D isn't just about the RPG. So getting hung up on the details of the RPG would be a waste of time so long as the brand is in good hands and WotC is making money overall. Then you move past the business side of it and into the creative and the gap vastly widens. The executives at Hasbro would probably shudder at the thought of touching D&D creative. Somebody at Hasbro looks at a spreadsheet every week and there is a line on that spreadsheet that is D&D. They don't focus on that line unless something jumps out. Every week or month somebody at Hasbro has a conversation about prospects for the D&D brand. Often this is a very short conversation. The actual RPG almost never comes up in the conversation. It would be a bad business practice to micromanage the creative side of D&D. They know it and they are quite content with that because they don't want to anyway. [/QUOTE]

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