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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6818102" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>I think it is folly to equate any sort of movie success to a potential roleplaying game success.&nbsp; The movie will be the movie.&nbsp; If there's any residual goodwill rubbed off onto the game, that'd be an unexpected bonus... but nothing planned for nor concerned about.&nbsp; And there definitely won't be more money pumped into the D&amp;D department of WotC even if the movie makes a buck, because the game at that point is merely one in a vast myriad of &quot;tie-in&quot; material.&nbsp; What'll actually happen is that we'll see more D&amp;D branded products on the shelves all related to the characters in the movie, with little to none involving other Realms characters.&nbsp; I mean, have we seen the Marvel comic book company get more promotion and exposure now that the movies are huge?&nbsp; Not at all.&nbsp; Comic books are still a small subset of the Marvel empire that some fandom cares about, but the large swathe of MCU watchers have no idea or interest in.&nbsp; The same would be true for the RPG.&nbsp; A small niche and corner of the Hasbro universe that no one will be overly concerned with pushing.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6818102, member: 7006"] I think it is folly to equate any sort of movie success to a potential roleplaying game success. The movie will be the movie. If there's any residual goodwill rubbed off onto the game, that'd be an unexpected bonus... but nothing planned for nor concerned about. And there definitely won't be more money pumped into the D&D department of WotC even if the movie makes a buck, because the game at that point is merely one in a vast myriad of "tie-in" material. What'll actually happen is that we'll see more D&D branded products on the shelves all related to the characters in the movie, with little to none involving other Realms characters. I mean, have we seen the Marvel comic book company get more promotion and exposure now that the movies are huge? Not at all. Comic books are still a small subset of the Marvel empire that some fandom cares about, but the large swathe of MCU watchers have no idea or interest in. The same would be true for the RPG. A small niche and corner of the Hasbro universe that no one will be overly concerned with pushing. [/QUOTE]

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