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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SlyFlourish" data-source="post: 9883733" data-attributes="member: 54840">How we reach people about the hobby is a different topic than the focus we have on D&D branded versus non-D&D-branded settings as GMs. I've introduced a lot of people to D&D and RPGs too and I don't think its any harder to talk to someone about running a campaign in Midgard than it is to talk to someone about running a campaign in Ravnica. These worlds aren't ingrained in the zeitgeist like D&D is.I also think we can work on how we bring the wide range of awesome RPG products to people who got in through D&D.Sure, it's fun to pontificate about what WOTC is going to do with D&D.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WxHhGIJP3M&t=1017s" target="_blank"> I like to think of it as its own hobby</a>.I've done it and I don't find it exhausting. I find it exhilerating to show folks how wide this hobby can be. But we're not talking to non-RPG players about RPGs. I'm talking to existing GMs and the worlds they're considering for their games.People can all want what they want. Sure. It disappoints me when people (including myself!) want something that another publisher has done (or they haven't even considered what those publishers have at all).Oh yeah! People should totally check out City of Arches...I think helping people realize that there are many awesome products from many awesome publishers grows the hobby. We don't have to knock WOTC to do it but many people take the idea that we should treat products equally as an attack on D&D. It's not.I have that same draw, of course. D&D was my first real RPG back in the 80s and I had a great time. I've loved it ever since -- every edition since 2e. But I also try to ensure that whatever WOTC does or doesn't do with D&D doesn't dictate my joy of the hobby. I also don't want to hold WOTC products at some mark because of the D&D logo when I know other products should be equally treated.Hasbro certainly loves that nostalgia to the brand. I suppose that's what branding is.I think more MTG settings is a good idea for a lot of reasons. As you say, they already have the art and IP. They also have players who know those worlds but might not be playing D&D. It's a good top-of-the-funnel way to bring more people into the hobby so they can see what D&D brings, then see what other publishers can bring to the game, and then enjoy lots of RPGs.This sort of thing is the role I like to see WOTC play -- bringing people into the hobby. Stranger Things, Heroes of the Borderlands (now coming out in five languages), the MTG settings, and so on.WOTC can bring people into the hobby and we RPG evangelists can show them how wide that hobby can be.</blockquote>

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