WotC James Wyatt is on the Dungeons & Dragons Team Again

[Parmandur]

I'll add that contributors to books on 5E openly do not believe he is involved on the TTRPG print side anymore.

I liked Mearls design work, and I am glad that he is still employed, but it is good that he is not in the spotlight anymore given his irresponsible and unprofessional use of public facing media.

I've noticed that since Winninger took over, they are no longer relying on the designers doing double duty on marketing work: Perkins and Crawford aren't doing tons of video appearances.

 

[BigZebra]

Oh, he is working on something on the RPG side of thing which hasn't come out yet.

Like...6e.

Twitter would explode.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

Wyatt may have had good ideas for a "here's the basics" type campaign, but I hated his story ideas for 4e where a lot of things that made D&D it's unique complicated self story-wise, got thrown out in favour of points of light.

 

[BigZebra]

I liked Mearls design work, and I am glad that he is still employed, but it is good that he is not in the spotlight anymore given his irresponsible and unprofessional use of public facing media.

I've noticed that since Winninger took over, they are no longer relying on the designers doing double duty on marketing work: Perkins and Crawford aren't doing tons of video appearances

Perhaps they are sheltering their designers from the outcries in social media, and all those ridiculous naughty word storms..
I find this sad. Very sad. Nothing is gained by less openness.

 

[Dausuul]

Can we not drag Mike Mearls into the discussion, please? It'd be nice to speculate about Wyatt without rehashing the Mearls argument for the umpteenth time.

 

[Mistwell]

Twitter would explode.

I am not saying I know that's happening by the way.
But I do think Mearls is working on something on the RPG side, in addition to digital. They hinted at that a couple months ago, quietly.

 

[BigZebra]

I am not saying I know that's happening by the way.
But I do think Mearls is working on something on the RPG side, in addition to digital. They hinted at that a couple months ago, quietly.

But the thing they mentioned, wasn't that related to some digital product? I might missremembering.

 

[Parmandur]

I am not saying I know that's happening by the way.
But I do think Mearls is working on something on the RPG side, in addition to digital. They hinted at that a couple months ago, quietly.

Source?

 

[Mind of tempest]

I liked Mearls design work, and I am glad that he is still employed, but it is good that he is not in the spotlight anymore given his irresponsible and unprofessional use of public facing media.

I've noticed that since Winninger took over, they are no longer relying on the designers doing double duty on marketing work: Perkins and Crawford aren't doing tons of video appearances.

what did mearls do as I was never in the loop?

 

[Urriak Uruk]

I liked Mearls design work, and I am glad that he is still employed, but it is good that he is not in the spotlight anymore given his irresponsible and unprofessional use of public facing media.

I've noticed that since Winninger took over, they are no longer relying on the designers doing double duty on marketing work: Perkins and Crawford aren't doing tons of video appearances.

True, though I think part of the lack of video appearances is due to some rapid changes in staffing at places like D&D Beyond, where they used to do a ton of interviews with WotC.

Perkins still does some pretty high-profile stuff, like running that Christmas-themed game with the cast of Stranger Things. And I'm glad, considering that by all accounts everyone thinks Chris Perkins is a very genuine person (another point for Team Canada).