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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 5469728" data-attributes="member: 151">Okay, I'm not sure if your intentional being disingenuous or if you honestly don't realize that your original questions were not framed in that context.  You specifically questioned whether D&D as a brand 'was healthy enough', that you were playing 'devil'ls advocate' and that you 'honestly just didn't get it' and asked if WotC was just 'taking money' from D&D players.  Even this reply uses phrases like 'suckered in', implying you think WotC is trying to trick you out of yoru money, somehow.  Your tone, including this reply, comes across as argumentative instead of inquisitive.  Given that no one in the thread to this point seems to have sussed the meaning that you seem to think was obvious, I think you need to consider that maybe your questions might not have been clear enough.I don't think we can make this any clearer.  IT IS A STAND-ALONE BOARD GAME.  It is NOT D&D, other than featuring concepts from the D&D brand, like dragons named Ashardalon and adventuring parties.  It is no more a D&D product than Three-Dragon Ante, one of the D&D card games, is.  It is RELATED to D&D, but it is not D&D.  It is meant for people who want to play a 1-1.5 hour game, not unlike Descent.As I said before: "All of WotC's materials have featured cross-promotional materials."  The minis in the games are unpainted DDM minis, so yes, you could use them for your D&D game...but they're not intended as such, that's an added benefit.  They are components for a board game.  I could do the same with components from several other games.   Your assumption seems to be that WotC is trying to trick you into buying an expensive product simply by labeling it with the D&D brand.  I don't believe that's their intention, any more than it was to label Gamma World as "D&D: Gamma World".  It's leveraging an existing brand to increase brand awareness and possibly result in cross-title sales.I think you're best off not getting it, as it seems to a product you don't want and don't need.  It's not a good value for your money, given what you're looking for it to be (and what is not).</blockquote>

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