True that. I wish we would go back to the halcyon days of yore with REAL D&D when we had Magic Users, not Wizards of the Coast, and none of this commercial crud.
D&D 5E (2024) MichaelSomething's Official Statement on the 2014 D&D rules going out of print
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True that. I wish we would go back to the halcyon days of yore with REAL D&D when we had Magic Users, not Wizards of the Coast, and none of this commercial crud.
Yes. I'm aware my complaints about merchandizing sounds like it's a new thing, and I even complain about Star Wars in my post. I do remember Star Wars bubble bath, beach towels, breakfast cereal, and other things that don't start with the letter "B."
It's nothing new for D&D or any other fandom. The thing that's new is my tiredness of it, my seeing it as an extension of a corporate promotional juggernaut that has little to do about my enjoyment of what the hobby actually is.
Buying a Yankees cap isn't the same as watching baseball. Collecting D&D Funkos isn't playing D&D. I don't feel like engaging with the brand in this way anymore.
Cordwainer Fish
Imp. Int. Scout Svc. (Dishon. Ret.)
Pinkertons: "Challenge accepted."
BEDSHEETS. Derek might have had the Kenner Millennium Falcon, because of course he did, but you will never take the memory of my Star Wars sheets from me!
Fair. I think I've said this 83 times recently, but parasocial relationships are a helluva drug. Personally, I really vibe with the history and academic side of RPGs and D&D especially, but I don't have any desire for T-Shirts, or Hats, or other stuff.
But others feel differently.
And while consumerism has always been with us, I would argue that the elevation of the brand and commercialism has accelerated in the past two decades. The '90s was a brief rebuke to it ("selling out" redux) but now? It's everywhere.
It's all good, though, I guess. It's just different. For people growing up with Instagram and TikTok influencers, this hypersaturation feels normal.
Shardstone
Hero
I havent read a single word in this thread.
bedir than
Full Moon Storyteller
Give us D&D Bologna without listeria and I'm in
MonsterEnvy
Legend
Pinkertons did not burn books, they grabbed cards that were not supposed to be out for months.
MichaelSomething
Legend
It wasn't the D&D makeup set or Crocs that crossed the line for you??
KYRON45
Hero
I do like a good T-shirt.
Cordwainer Fish
Imp. Int. Scout Svc. (Dishon. Ret.)
s/grabbed/extorted/
They're also hired murderers, so do not ask me to be fair to them.
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