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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8356405" data-attributes="member: 18">I don't quite agree. WotC didn't predict those factors, account for those factors in their plans, or anything like that, with 5E, in fact, they initially designed 5E in a way that made it less potentially compatible with digital stuff, I guess presuming after the 4E issues it wouldn't matter as much.So they succeeded despite that.Now, a bit later, after 5E had become as big hit, WotC changed course (particularly this seems to be around when Mearls was silently moved from being in charge of D&D directly to the multi-media strategy), and then it started leaning into the digital age stuff. I absolutely give them credit for that. It took them a while. Are they surfing that wave now? Have they been for like, three, maybe four years? Yes.But they did they get lucky THAT D&D became this online phenom at all? Absolutely they did.So I'm guess I'm saying it's a bit of a complicated picture, with them succeeding despite themselves at first, then realizing, then leaning into it.The current leadership seem to know what they're doing, for sure.</blockquote>