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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8832097" data-attributes="member: 6801845">We know that expectations were low for 5E and they were happily surprised that it did as well as it did, there were several articles about it. We know that Monte Cook was brought on as a consultant and had this to say:&quot;... But a complete reversal of that initial plan [bringing back a larger staff, faster paced release schedule]--that is to say, a focus entirely on licensing the brand and turning D&amp;D from a game and into a property--that wasn't something I wanted to be a part of ...&quot;Of course we weren't at the meetings where development of a new edition was sold to upper management, but sure sounds to me like they were trying to keep the brand alive in large part for the purpose of branching out. Hasbro has tried to get their IPs into movies multiple times with products other than The Transformers, now that the licensing issues with Sweatpea entertainment have been resolved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8832097, member: 6801845"] We know that expectations were low for 5E and they were happily surprised that it did as well as it did, there were several articles about it. We know that Monte Cook was brought on as a consultant and had this to say: [INDENT]"[I]... But a complete reversal of that initial plan [/I][bringing back a larger staff, faster paced release schedule][I]--that is to say, [B]a focus entirely on licensing the brand and turning D&D from a game and into a propert[/B]y--that wasn't something I wanted to be a part of ...[/I]"[/INDENT] Of course we weren't at the meetings where development of a new edition was sold to upper management, but sure sounds to me like they were trying to keep the brand alive in large part for the purpose of branching out. Hasbro has tried to get their IPs into movies multiple times with products other than The Transformers, now that the licensing issues with Sweatpea entertainment have been resolved. [/QUOTE]

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