D&D General Kara Tur 5e

[Micah Sweet]

Neither of us are in the business of trying to make millions of dollars, I assume.

True, but unless you work for Hasbro it's unlikely anyone in the RPG industry is either. So why worry unless you're making official D&D content?

 

[haakon1]

It's bad for business if a company can't get into a foreign market like China's.

Hmm, I wonder what languages D&D is in?

Copilot says: French, German, Italian (seen that for 3e), Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese (the PRC version, not the Taiwan version).

So it seems the PRC and Japan are (or were) target markets.

 

[Scribe]

True, but unless you work for Hasbro it's unlikely anyone in the RPG industry is either. So why worry unless you're making official D&D content?

Isnt that what this is about? An official D&D Kara Tur release or one which would appeal purposefully to the region around China?

At which point, yes, there are absolutely 'rules' for doing business in China from a presentation point of view.

 

[Scribe]

Let's hope that WotC don't put any dark-skinned people of African descent in any of the art then, based on what the Chinese market has objected to before...

There would be a fairly specific style guide I would bet, and thats all I'm going to say about that.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Isnt that what this is about? An official D&D Kara Tur release or one which would appeal purposefully to the region around China?

At which point, yes, there are absolutely 'rules' for doing business in China from a presentation point of view.

The person who first asked about "running afoul of the PRC" seemed to be a content creator not associated with Hasbro.

 

[Scribe]

The person who first asked about "running afoul of the PRC" seemed to be a content creator not associated with Hasbro.

Anyone looking for max profits, is likely hoping to make it big in China, and so would design accordingly.

 

[Corinnguard]

True, but unless you work for Hasbro it's unlikely anyone in the RPG industry is either. So why worry unless you're making official D&D content?

Hasbro/WoTC has a longer reach than most 3pp and homebrewers. This is what allows them to sell their products around the world.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Hasbro/WoTC has a longer reach than most 3pp and homebrewers. This is what allows them to sell their products around the world.

True, but that doesn't answer my question. If you're making content and you're not Hasbro, why is China's opinion important to you?

 

[Corinnguard]

True, but that doesn't answer my question. If you're making content and you're not Hasbro, why is China's opinion important to you?

Good question. They would be more likely to be miffed at something Hasbro/WoTC did or would do involving them.

 

[Bill Zebub]

The thing I'm most looking forward to with Kara Tur 5e is all the internet outrage over cultural appropriation/insensitivity/imperialism that will inevitably occur, regardless of how the setting itself actually gets implemented.

/popcorn