So why didn't WotC release a setting based on Magic the Gathering?

[Crothian]

WotC can make all the worlds they want, so long as they never forget about their loyal core. And recently, I've wondered about that.

As hard as it might be to swallow, it sounds like you are not what they would consider a loyal core person. Neither am I, but from the sounds of people on the boards there are plenty of people that have taken our place.

 

[I'm A Banana]

I don't think it'll happen because the two worlds are pretty fundamentally different. Like the WotC insider said, there'd be a lot of compromise on either side, where no one would be made very happy with it.

Like watching Mickey Mouse turning his Fantasyland castle into a place for Goths.

Like this? It happens and it is awesome.

WotC can make all the worlds they want, so long as they never forget about their loyal core.

Businesses have to forget about their loyal core to grow up and grow out and make more of that sweet sweet green. Their loyal core doesn't have the same amount of disposable income they did in ye olde days. Now the ones with the dough are animepunkers.

D&D for grognards is a dead or dying D&D.

 

[Crothian]

Businesses have to forget about their loyal core to grow up and grow out and make more of that sweet sweet green. Their loyal core doesn't have the same amount of disposable income they did in ye olde days. Now the ones with the dough are animepunkers.

While I agree that D&D has changed, I don't see it as Anime. It doesn't seem like anything close to BESM, Exalted, Weapons of the Gods, and other anime like RPGs.

 

[BlueBlackRed]

Businesses have to forget about their loyal core to grow up and grow out and make more of that sweet sweet green. Their loyal core doesn't have the same amount of disposable income they did in ye olde days. Now the ones with the dough are animepunkers.

I'll have to disagree with you there. I think I spend 10 times the amount now than I did 2 decades ago.

D&D for grognards is a dead or dying D&D.

I really hope you're wrong there.
But then again, so long as eBay exists I'll still buy D&D. Just possibly not what is modern.

 

[I'm A Banana]

While I agree that D&D has changed, I don't see it as Anime. It doesn't seem like anything close to BESM, Exalted, Weapons of the Gods, and other anime like RPGs.

This is The Truth, which I obfuscated with my desire to present D&D as "different now than it was because what it was doesn't appeal to those with the money to spend."

I'll have to disagree with you there. I think I spend 10 times the amount now than I did 2 decades ago.

But I'm not talking about YOU, I'm talking about PEOPLE. The difference is that you can be an exception to the rule of "35+ year old gamers who have less disposable time and income than teenagers," but PEOPLE will adhere to that (even with the occasional exception).

I really hope you're wrong there.
But then again, so long as eBay exists I'll still buy D&D. Just possibly not what is modern.

Then I guess you will never really be part of what is being called one of the most successful gaming lines ever in 3e D&D. Ah, well, that's for a different thread. THIS ONE IS ABOUT MY THREE UNTAPPED SWAMPS!

 

[JRRNeiklot]

"WotC - So why didn't WotC release a setting based on Magic the Gathering?"

Because they created an entire game system based on it instead.

 

[Crothian]

Because they created an entire game system based on it instead.

I must have missed this. 3.x is nothing like MtG so you must be talking about something else.

 

[Gentlegamer]

All I know is that I answered with a vehement NO to a MTG setting in the WOTC survey in Dragon shortly after TSR was bought out.

 

[Gentlegamer]

I must have missed this. 3.x is nothing like MtG so you must be talking about something else.

I think the "building your character" (twinking) idea that d20 Fantasy encourages dovetails with MTG (and other CCGs) . . .

 

[Crothian]

I think the "building your character" (twinking) idea that d20 Fantasy encourages dovetails with MTG (and other CCGs) . . .

It is only certain players that do this. I haven't seen any "twinking" advice in Wizards books though. So, if this is a problem and if it comes directly from MtG (which it really doesn't because gamers have been doing it longer then CCGs were around) it isn't Wizards that is pushing it on us. Sure it is an aspect of the game but only because there are enough people around that like that aspect. This falls squarely on the shoulders of the players.