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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="billd91" data-source="post: 7667893" data-attributes="member: 3400"><p>Oh, I'm enjoying 5e as well, but this megacorp has also made some major missteps in licensing in the wake of the OGL, seems to have cut the D&D team to the point it can't keep certain projects moving forward because of a jury duty call, lays off experienced talent with disturbing regularity, turned a closely allied company into a significant competitor, and, though the D&D brand was derived from the game, now seems to have the tail wag the dog.</p><p></p><p>And that's without thinking about the diverse catalog of games Avalon Hill used to have compared to the Baskin-Robbins of Axis and Allies catalog it currently sports.</p><p></p><p>Did 5e turn out as good as it is <strong>because of</strong> Hasbro, or <strong>in spite of</strong> Hasbro? Will it thrive (or fail) because of Hasbro, or in spite of Hasbro? I'd like to think Hasbro did the hobby a good turn by allowing the D&D R&D team the time to develop a game with broad appeal that could revitalize its market. But there are hints our there that they're not fully in the game's corner - such as the (delayed again) license - compared to the brand's potential in non-TTRPG options.</p><p></p><p>If the brand expansion works well, fine. Will it benefit the game? Hard to say. If it were hobby enthusiasts running the show, I might predict they'd use the success of the brand in movies and computer games to expand the support of the RPG because, as enthusiasts, they want games out there they enjoy playing themselves. But with Hasbro in charge, I might expect them to plow the benefits of the brand into the most profitable end for a better ROI for their shareholders and just let the RPG muddle through in relative stasis - mostly because allowing it to simply die might be too damaging to the brand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billd91, post: 7667893, member: 3400"] Oh, I'm enjoying 5e as well, but this megacorp has also made some major missteps in licensing in the wake of the OGL, seems to have cut the D&D team to the point it can't keep certain projects moving forward because of a jury duty call, lays off experienced talent with disturbing regularity, turned a closely allied company into a significant competitor, and, though the D&D brand was derived from the game, now seems to have the tail wag the dog. And that's without thinking about the diverse catalog of games Avalon Hill used to have compared to the Baskin-Robbins of Axis and Allies catalog it currently sports. Did 5e turn out as good as it is [b]because of[/b] Hasbro, or [b]in spite of[/b] Hasbro? Will it thrive (or fail) because of Hasbro, or in spite of Hasbro? I'd like to think Hasbro did the hobby a good turn by allowing the D&D R&D team the time to develop a game with broad appeal that could revitalize its market. But there are hints our there that they're not fully in the game's corner - such as the (delayed again) license - compared to the brand's potential in non-TTRPG options. If the brand expansion works well, fine. Will it benefit the game? Hard to say. If it were hobby enthusiasts running the show, I might predict they'd use the success of the brand in movies and computer games to expand the support of the RPG because, as enthusiasts, they want games out there they enjoy playing themselves. But with Hasbro in charge, I might expect them to plow the benefits of the brand into the most profitable end for a better ROI for their shareholders and just let the RPG muddle through in relative stasis - mostly because allowing it to simply die might be too damaging to the brand. [/QUOTE]
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