D&D General Hasbro enters gambling deal using Dungeons & Dragons intellectual property

[HaroldTheHobbit]

Mod note:
How about you take the political portion of you grievance to a site that will welcome it, please and thanks.

I tried to be sarcastic, but point taken, sorry bout that.

 

[Sausages]

Hasbro just wants licensing fees. They're not making online gambling sites or selling booze themselves.

morally the same thing

 

[Cergorach]

WotC has been in the 'gambling' racket and aiming at young nerds since 1993...

 

[HaroldTheHobbit]

I’m very much inclined to not buy anything from companies that use an IP to make an easy buck through gambling, booze or other stuff that are - objectively or in my own opinion - detrimental to society. I have less and less tolerance for greedy @ssholes without an ounce of ethic spine.

 

[Kichwas]

Hasbro is a licensing company above all.

I'm just glad they don't own Mattel / Barbie or that movie a little bit ago would have come with an Only Fans page...

But it's only a matter of time for Elminster to get his.

 

[Kichwas]

Given it’s for online gambling, I’m now envisioning Pokémon-like battles where you place bets on head to head combats between D&D iconics.

Meanwhile all I can see is Elminster in a mankini draped over the rollers of a slot machine showing results using beholders, mimics, and gold pieces.

I envy you your visual as I do not want to see Elminster in a mankini but Borat burned that notion into a part of my brain that will not go away. ever.


Anyway. To shift away from comedy...

Hasbro sees WotC as a house full of valuable brand IP they can license out, franchise, etc. Some of the deals are going to look unsavory. Some will be cool. But that's where D&D's future is. Until Gen-X has moved on from the world, it's going to be anything that can trigger our nostalgia and get us to fork over some cash.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I'm just glad they don't own Mattel / Barbie or that movie a little bit ago with have come with an Only Fans page...

But it's only a matter of time for Elminster to get his.

A movie has an onlyfans page? I'm confused?

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Meanwhile all I can see is Elminster in a mankini draped over the rollers of a slot machine showing results using beholders, mimics, and gold pieces.

If Elminster is showing off he either possesses a willing female host or uses magic to take a beautiful female form. Elminster is Gender Fluid to some degree, and when he is a her that is when she's more exhibitionistic.

 

[aco175]

And who said that random booster packs of minis, dice, and trading cards was not a gateway for children to become addicted.

 

[CleverNickName]

And who said that random booster packs of minis, dice, and trading cards was not a gateway for children to become addicted.

Who said it was, for that matter?