WotC enters IOS partnership

[Jack99]

Have you guys seen this? Seems D&D will be coming in some form to IOS - starting in 2013.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/26/dungeons-dragons-iphone-ipad-ipod-touch/

 

[ExploderWizard]

Kind of makes you wonder why they would confuse the market by releasing new digital offerings for a system they have stopped supporting.

 

[Blackwarder]

Kind of makes you wonder why they would confuse the market by releasing new digital offerings for a system they have stopped supporting.

It's the D&D board games, not the RPG.

Warder

 

[Alzrius]

Kind of makes you wonder why they would confuse the market by releasing new digital offerings for a system they have stopped supporting.

Nothing in the linked announcement says that they're bringing 4E to the iOS products. If 5E does release in August of this year, as some think it might, then it might be what we see on iOS material in the weeks and months after that happens.

 

[ExploderWizard]

It's the D&D board games, not the RPG.

Warder

The article didn't mention board or rpg products so it could be either or both.

 

[Blackwarder]

AFAIK D&DNext is set to be released somewhere in 2014 right to it's 40 years anniversary.

Warder

 

[am181d]

Kind of makes you wonder why they would confuse the market by releasing new digital offerings for a system they have stopped supporting.

Just speculating, but I think we may be more likely to see iOS versions of the board games then of D&D proper...

 

[Blackwarder]

The article didn't mention board or rpg products so it could be either or both.

From BoardGameGeek:

Playdek and Wizards Partner for D&D Games
I was able to speak in person to Mike Mearls and get some details on this partnership. He would not tell me much, but he did mention that the whole D&D board game catalog is open to Playdek, so it could be any thing that is currently released. In our conversation he talked about multiple games including Dungeon Command, Lords of Waterdeep and others so it is possible that any of these could be the first title. Hard to rule anything out at this point.

I also asked about “other platforms” and he did say that Android was certainly one of these platforms and they were working with Playdek to overcome the challenges of developing for it.

Warder

 

[Jack99]

Nothing in the linked announcement says that they're bringing 4E to the iOS products. If 5E does release in August of this year, as some think it might, then it might be what we see on iOS material in the weeks and months after that happens.

Could you outline for me quickly why it is *they* seem to think so, contrary to all other evidence?

 

[Mallus]

Better late than never! My iPad eagerly awaits some good, official, D&D content (here's hoping about the 'good' part...).