D&D Movie/TV Where is all of the Honor Among Thieves D&D stuff, WotC?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

A big splashy commercial for Dungeons & Dragona the game before the film? Very probable.

If they don't have the cast playing a game of D&D both before and after the movie -- and with select journalists as part of the press junket -- it's a huge missed opportunity.

 

[Reynard]

If they don't have the cast playing a game of D&D both before and after the movie -- and with select journalists as part of the press junket -- it's a huge missed opportunity.

Mid credits scene: stinger for potential sequel
End credits scene: the cast finishing up around the table with the director behind the screen.

 

[teitan]

Dude, you are all in. (That's not meant as a criticism.)

These are from a few years of collecting or google searches for merchandise that IS WOTC approved. They don’t care about licensing though. The money is D&D Beyond.

 

[THEMNGMNT]

As someone with over 20 years experience as a marketer I have to agree that this is a huge missed opportunity for which I can see no credible excuse. A themed starter set that leads into a Neverwinter hardcover seems like a no brainer.

 

[bedir than]

As someone with over 20 years experience as a marketer I have to agree that this is a huge missed opportunity for which I can see no credible excuse. A themed starter set that leads into a Neverwinter hardcover seems like a no brainer.

I think Keys to the Golden Vault will have a movie tie in, which is part of why it has a muted release (also, the movie release date was originally ten days after Golden Vault)

 

[EthanSental]

I did receive a Wizkids email tonight for movie related plushies so I guess it’s starting to roll out?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I did receive a Wizkids email tonight for movie related plushies so I guess it’s starting to roll out?

This thread is specifically about gaming tie-ins. Boxed sets, dice, sourcebooks.

Everyone but the actual D&D folks have done a great job of producing movie schwag, no question.

 

[EthanSental]

Gotcha Whiz, I’m hoping for game related tie ins as well!

With such a long lead time of the movie characters, I would have liked gale force nine minis but they seem to have lost the dnd mini license they’ve had for a while in 4e and 5e days.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

This thread is specifically about gaming tie-ins. Boxed sets, dice, sourcebooks.

Everyone but the actual D&D folks have done a great job of producing movie schwag, no question.

We now know that Keys from the Golden Vault is a movie tie in, and so was Rime of the Frostmaiden. But it seems WotC do not have the rights to use actual character names or images from the movie in D&D products. Possibly because Paramount decided to sell them to a higher bidder.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

We now know that Keys from the Golden Vault is a movie tie in, and so was Rime of the Frostmaiden.

No, they both feature a single location (the same location, in fact) that is also used in the movie.

In no way does something hidden in the middle of Frostmaiden serve as a "hey, kids, did you like the movie? You should try actually playing D&D!" tie-in.

But it seems WotC do not have the rights to use actual character names or images from the movie in D&D products. Possibly because Paramount decided to sell them to a higher bidder.

Unless you have a citation for this, this is wild nonsense. Hasbro makes movie-tie in crap for a living. If they somehow licensed their own intellectual property and didn't include the ability to make toys surrounding it in the contract, everyone would and should have been fired by the board when it was discovered.

Honestly, them screwing up by not producing movie tie-in game products is a much smaller screw up than "gee, we forgot to secure the rights to produce movie tie-in products TO OUR OWN GAME," which is a "keep these people away from sharp objects and kitchen appliances" level screw up.

 

[Parmandur]

No, they both feature a single location (the same location, in fact) that is also used in the movie.

In no way does something hidden in the middle of Frostmaiden serve as a "hey, kids, did you like the movie? You should try actually playing D&D!" tie-in.

Unless you have a citation for this, this is wild nonsense. Hasbro makes movie-tie in crap for a living. If they somehow licensed their own intellectual property and didn't include the ability to make toys surrounding it in the contract, everyone would and should have been fired by the board when it was discovered.

Honestly, them screwing up by not producing movie tie-in game products is a much smaller screw up than "gee, we forgot to secure the rights to produce movie tie-in products TO OUR OWN GAME," which is a "keep these people away from sharp objects and kitchen appliances" level screw up.

I mean, for all we know they are planning a blast of digital free movie tie-in material. Throw up a commercial for D&D Beyond before the movie, push Chris Pine and Michele Rodriguez face on social media links to D&D Beyond, etc.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I mean, for all we know they are planning a blast of digital free movie tie-in material. Throw up a commercial for D&D Beyond before the movie, push Chris Pine and Michele Rodriguez face on social media links to D&D Beyond, etc.

That'd be better than nothing -- but still not as good as a box at Target, Walmart, Barnes & Noble and FLGSes with Regé-Jean Page smoldering at potential customers.

I hope I'm wrong and WotC blitzes the crap out of the non-D&D public with "here's how to play this game" stuff over the next two months. I will happily eat my pointy hat.

 

[Parmandur]

That'd be better than nothing -- but still not as good as a box at Target, Walmart, Barnes & Noble and FLGSes with Regé-Jean Page smoldering at potential customers.

I hope I'm wrong and WotC blitzes the crap out of the non-D&D public with "here's how to play this game" stuff over the next two months. I will happily eat my pointy hat.

Yeah, it doesn't sound like they are doing that with FLGS...but in my experience, that's probably not where curious impulse buyers would look. It will be interesting to see what comes about.

 

[wellis]

Yeah, it doesn't sound like they are doing that with FLGS...but in my experience, that's probably not where curious impulse buyers would look. It will be interesting to see what comes about.

Wouldn't it be better to put it not just in FLGS but also like Walmarts or something as well?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Honestly, them screwing up by not producing movie tie-in game products is a much smaller screw up than "gee, we forgot to secure the rights to produce movie tie-in products TO OUR OWN GAME," which is a "keep these people away from sharp objects and kitchen appliances" level screw up.

You say that like you think it's unlikely. Have you ever met a senior management team?!

But in this case it's the seller (Paramount) why decides who they sell the toy licences too. Hasbro are not making the movie, they simply sold the D&D licence to someone else.

 

[Parmandur]

You say that like you think it's unlikely. Have you ever met a senior management team?!

But in this case it's the seller (Paramount) why decides who they sell the toy licences too. Hasbro are not making the movie, they simply sold the D&D licence to someone else.

Yest have you.notived how the merchandise is all being produced by Hasbro or Hasbro's usual partners...?

Reversing the tables on control and profit from the merchandise is why Hasbro got into making films of their own IP: same thing with Transformers or My Little Pony.