Microsoft should buy DnD!

[Belen]

I wish that MS would buy the franchise. It is about time that DnD lost all of its RP elements. I look forward to a day when we have to buy a quantum PC just to handle all the various mathematical computations involving moving minis ona battle map and how to get the most tactical min/max combo in order to finally win the darn game!

Then we would have to buy a new PC every few months in order to get the expanded calculous and chaos theory rules.

 

[Inconsequenti-AL]

You're making me want to get my 'hat of D02' on.

Personally, I'd go further:

I think DnD 4.0/MS edition ought to be riddled with highly invasive spyware. If it catches a user 'roleplaying' or looking at competitor tactical tradable wargames then it would authorise Microsoft to send a 'correction officer' round to their residence. This person would use advanced psyco-torture and deprogramming techniques to chastise the offender and eliminate this behaviour in the future.

Just my 2 cents vision for a rosier, happier future.

 

[Nifft]

Fear not! Within minutes of the MS purchase, an OpenSource OGL project called "OpenDungeon" would be created, which would provide much of the D&D functionality (even if it did completely lack a user interface).

Of course, you'd have to compile it yourself, after compiling and de-bugging the component libraries... but, to make up for that shortcoming, its supporters would be very vocal!

-- N

 

[Belen]

Don't fotget that the US anti-trust settlement versus MS DnD 3.501 would be settled by MS sending thousands of DND PCs to schools, thus helping future generations conform to DnD standard 5.0.

The capper would be the creation of the random adventure. We would have to buy random adventure packs with 3 common dungeon crawls, 2 uncommon city adventures, and 1 rare Drizzt style Underdark mod.

Collect all the adventures you want!

Unfortunately, your characters would be 1st levels and you'd only find random adventures for 8-12.

 

[Aeolius]

You'd think Microsoft would buy Hasbro, as concerned as both companies are with Monopoly.