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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2688891" data-attributes="member: 14159">So, there is this rumor on the internet that some local game shop owner heard from a friend who just happens to work at WotC that D&D 4e (which WotC swears up and down is not actively in development) will be a collectable card game integrated into Magic: The Gathering?Never mind that even if he knew, he'd be breaching his NDA with WotC so big he's never work professionally as a writer again.  Never mind that it's a friend-of-a-friend story being repeated by somebody on the internet with no authentication.  Never mind that WotC has owned the rights to D&D for ~7 years and not begun to make D&D and M:tG cross over (and they have done surveys back in the late 90's to gauge how much the D&D fan base wanted an RPG of Dominaria, so if there was demand I'd imagine they would have filled it by now).  Never mind that it's an idea so inherently ridiculous it's been the subject of countless parodies ever since WotC bought TSR.  Never mind that it inherently changes the play model of RPG's so much that it really isn't even D&D (or an RPG) anymore if you have to collect cards just to play the game.If WotC wants a collectable version of D&D, they already have the miniatures game, which sells to both the Collectable Gamer market and the D&D player market, without changing the core features of D&D and alienating their longtime player base, but still making armloads of money.I call BS on it, and yes, I also looked to see if it was somehow April 1st.  Yes, it's not a "4e Rumor", it's a troll.</blockquote>

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