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[overgeeked]

Oh...oh, man. I think I need to go lie down.

 

[Scribe]

For reference:

Thread 'Ryan Dancey: This is why there was no M:tG setting for D&D'

Nov 4, 2013

Hi! I was the brand manager for Dungeons & Dragons and the VP of Tabletop RPGs at Wizards of the Coast from 1998 to 2000. I can answer this question.

There were plans to do a Magic RPG and several iterations of such a game were developed at various times. After Wizards of the Coast bought TSR, there were discussions about making a Magic campaign setting for D&D.

After the release of 3rd edition, we had planned to do a Monstrous Compendium for Magic monsters which would have been a tentative cross-over product to see what the interest level was for such a book.

In the end, the...

• RyanD
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• Forum: *Pathfinder & Starfinder

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Thats very interesting. I would question if the same beliefs have been retained after all this time. The Magic community of 2013 is certainly not the Magic community of 2025, but I dont know.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

For reference:

Thread 'Ryan Dancey: This is why there was no M:tG setting for D&D'

Nov 4, 2013

Hi! I was the brand manager for Dungeons & Dragons and the VP of Tabletop RPGs at Wizards of the Coast from 1998 to 2000. I can answer this question.

There were plans to do a Magic RPG and several iterations of such a game were developed at various times. After Wizards of the Coast bought TSR, there were discussions about making a Magic campaign setting for D&D.

After the release of 3rd edition, we had planned to do a Monstrous Compendium for Magic monsters which would have been a tentative cross-over product to see what the interest level was for such a book.

In the end, the...

• RyanD
• Replies: 81
• Forum: *Pathfinder & Starfinder

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I can see why they’d think that. It’s plausible.

OTOH, WotC has long been skeptical of supporting more than 1 RPG at a time. That may have put some extra weight on that side of the scales.