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WotC's Nathan Stewart: "Story, Story, Story"; and IS D&D a Tabletop Game?
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7667634" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Forbes spoke to WotC's Brand Director & Executive Producer for <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em>, who talked about the 5th Edition launch and his vision for D&D's future. The interview is fairly interesting - it confirms or repeats some information we already know, and also delves a little into the topic of D&D as a wider brand, rather than as a tabletop roleplaying game.</p><p>[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</p><p>In the interview, he reiterates previous statements that this is the biggest D&D launch ever, in terms of both money and units sold.</p><p></p><p>[lq]We are story, story, story. The story drives everything.[/lq]</p><p></p><p>He repeats WoTC's emphasis on storylines, confirming the 1-2 stories per year philosphy. [HQ] "We are story, story, story. The story drives everything. The need for new rules, the new races, new classes is just based on what’s going to really make this adventure, this story, this kind kind of theme happen."[/HQ] He goes on to say that[HQ] "We’re not interested in putting out more books for books’ sake... there’s zero plans for a Player’s Handbook 2 any time on the horizon."[/HQ]</p><p></p><p>As for settings, he confirms that[HQ] "we’re going to stay in the Forgotten Realms for the foreseeable future."[/HQ] That'll disappoint some folks, I'm sure, but it is their biggest setting, commercially.</p><p></p><p>Stewart is not [HQ]"a hundred percent comfortable"[/HQ] with the status of digital tools because he felt like [HQ]"we took a great step backwards."[/HQ] </p><p></p><p>[lq]Dungeons and Dragons stopped being a tabletop game years or decades ago. [/lq]</p><p></p><p>His thoughts on D&D's identity are interesting, too. He mentions that [HQ]"Dungeons and Dragons stopped being a tabletop game years or decades ago"[/HQ]. I'm not sure what that means. His view for the future of the brand includes video games, movies, action figures, and more:[HQ] "This is no secret for anyone here, but the big thing I want to see is just a triple-A RPG video game. I want to see Baldur’s Gate 3, I want to see a huge open-world RPG. I would love movies about Dungeons and Dragons, or better yet, serialized entertainment where we’re doing seasons of D&D stories and things like Forgotten Realms action figures… of course I’d love that, I’m the biggest geek there is. But at the end of the day, the game’s what we’re missing in the portfolio."[/HQ]</p><p></p><p>You can read the full interview <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2015/04/15/new-dungeons-dragons-fifth-edition/2/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7667634, member: 1"] Forbes spoke to WotC's Brand Director & Executive Producer for [I]Dungeons & Dragons[/I], who talked about the 5th Edition launch and his vision for D&D's future. The interview is fairly interesting - it confirms or repeats some information we already know, and also delves a little into the topic of D&D as a wider brand, rather than as a tabletop roleplaying game. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] In the interview, he reiterates previous statements that this is the biggest D&D launch ever, in terms of both money and units sold. [lq]We are story, story, story. The story drives everything.[/lq] He repeats WoTC's emphasis on storylines, confirming the 1-2 stories per year philosphy. [HQ] "We are story, story, story. The story drives everything. The need for new rules, the new races, new classes is just based on what’s going to really make this adventure, this story, this kind kind of theme happen."[/HQ] He goes on to say that[HQ] "We’re not interested in putting out more books for books’ sake... there’s zero plans for a Player’s Handbook 2 any time on the horizon."[/HQ] As for settings, he confirms that[HQ] "we’re going to stay in the Forgotten Realms for the foreseeable future."[/HQ] That'll disappoint some folks, I'm sure, but it is their biggest setting, commercially. Stewart is not [HQ]"a hundred percent comfortable"[/HQ] with the status of digital tools because he felt like [HQ]"we took a great step backwards."[/HQ] [lq]Dungeons and Dragons stopped being a tabletop game years or decades ago. [/lq] His thoughts on D&D's identity are interesting, too. He mentions that [HQ]"Dungeons and Dragons stopped being a tabletop game years or decades ago"[/HQ]. I'm not sure what that means. His view for the future of the brand includes video games, movies, action figures, and more:[HQ] "This is no secret for anyone here, but the big thing I want to see is just a triple-A RPG video game. I want to see Baldur’s Gate 3, I want to see a huge open-world RPG. I would love movies about Dungeons and Dragons, or better yet, serialized entertainment where we’re doing seasons of D&D stories and things like Forgotten Realms action figures… of course I’d love that, I’m the biggest geek there is. But at the end of the day, the game’s what we’re missing in the portfolio."[/HQ] You can read the full interview [URL="http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2015/04/15/new-dungeons-dragons-fifth-edition/2/"]here[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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