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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="halfling rogue" data-source="post: 7667896" data-attributes="member: 6779182"><p>I think you make a good point. Just because a megacorp invests in/has a hand in something awesome doesn't mean they can't or won't have the ability to screw it up. FOX had the foresight to greenlight "Firefly" and managed to thoroughly drop kick it off a mountain. Hasbro may have let WotC create the best version of D&D ever, but it may wind up tying their hands after the fact. I think the Brand push is obviously a money making strategy, but time will tell if this will benefit D&D the tabletop game, or wind up becoming its demise (as a continuing 'thing'). FOX screwed up Firefly and now we don't get anymore Firefly. But I still have the DVDs and can watch them anytime I want and enjoy them to the fullest potential that I can. The best thing about a potential screw up with Hasbro is that D&D 5e is already in the wild. If WotC goes belly up or if Hasbro kills it, I can still play D&D and enjoy it to the fullest potential that I can.</p><p></p><p>That said, since D&D is really a game, and because the D&D 'brand' grew out of the game, I would love to see D&D desire to grow the GAME more than the brand. In my mind, movies, video games and everything else should serve the game in some way or another. And if the game grows, the brand grows. Right now, I hop on the website and the GAME is tucked away. I think they missed something here, which hopefully won't come back to bite them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="halfling rogue, post: 7667896, member: 6779182"] I think you make a good point. Just because a megacorp invests in/has a hand in something awesome doesn't mean they can't or won't have the ability to screw it up. FOX had the foresight to greenlight "Firefly" and managed to thoroughly drop kick it off a mountain. Hasbro may have let WotC create the best version of D&D ever, but it may wind up tying their hands after the fact. I think the Brand push is obviously a money making strategy, but time will tell if this will benefit D&D the tabletop game, or wind up becoming its demise (as a continuing 'thing'). FOX screwed up Firefly and now we don't get anymore Firefly. But I still have the DVDs and can watch them anytime I want and enjoy them to the fullest potential that I can. The best thing about a potential screw up with Hasbro is that D&D 5e is already in the wild. If WotC goes belly up or if Hasbro kills it, I can still play D&D and enjoy it to the fullest potential that I can. That said, since D&D is really a game, and because the D&D 'brand' grew out of the game, I would love to see D&D desire to grow the GAME more than the brand. In my mind, movies, video games and everything else should serve the game in some way or another. And if the game grows, the brand grows. Right now, I hop on the website and the GAME is tucked away. I think they missed something here, which hopefully won't come back to bite them. [/QUOTE]
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