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D&D Having its best year ever according to Hasbro CEO

Started by tenbones, July 24, 2018, 11:41:36 AM

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Omega

#45
July 26, 2018, 04:57:48 PM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;1050421And Zendikar, too.

Here's the thing though, the Planeshift PDF's are really nothing more than advertisements for their art books.  Which, if you bought the Zendikar one, like I did, the Planeshift document makes more sense.  It's pretty clever.

Oh? There are artbooks associated with these Plane Shift PDFs?

Mistwell

#46
July 26, 2018, 06:48:24 PM Last Edit: July 26, 2018, 06:50:44 PM by Mistwell
A spokesperson for Hasbro later clarified that while the strategy for building digital gaming capabilities for "Dungeons & Dragons" remains intact, the game has not yet been classified by the company as an esport because of its limited competitive scope.

MonsterSlayer

#47
July 26, 2018, 10:43:44 PM
Quote from: Mistwell;1050499A spokesperson for Hasbro later clarified that while the strategy for building digital gaming capabilities for "Dungeons & Dragons" remains intact, the game has not yet been classified by the company as an esport because of its limited competitive scope.

I'l sleep better tonight. Nightmares of stadiums full of fans yelling for their favorite color of dungeon crawlers; running to the stage thru pyro and blaring "WE  Will Rock You" have haunted my sleep for days.

Charon's Little Helper

#48
July 26, 2018, 11:19:54 PM
Quote from: MonsterSlayer;1050513I'l sleep better tonight. Nightmares of stadiums full of fans yelling for their favorite color of dungeon crawlers; running to the stage thru pyro and blaring "WE  Will Rock You" have haunted my sleep for days.

See - now I actually kind of want that.

RPGPundit

#49
July 29, 2018, 04:52:21 AM
I addressed the e-sport nonsense here:

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#50
July 29, 2018, 03:29:26 PM
Quote from: MonsterSlayer;1050513I'l sleep better tonight. Nightmares of stadiums full of fans yelling for their favorite color of dungeon crawlers; running to the stage thru pyro and blaring "WE  Will Rock You" have haunted my sleep for days.

Quote from: Charon's Little Helper;1050518See - now I actually kind of want that.

I'm pretty sure there was a manga like that, but I can't remember the title. You can ask on a manga forum, if you care, which I kinda doubt;).
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KingCheops

#51
July 29, 2018, 04:14:13 PM
I remember this being a pretty cool book but I was 15 when it came out and my taste was (is?) pretty trash:

https://www.amazon.com/Caverns-Socrates-Dennis-L-McKiernan/dp/0451454766

I don't necessarily hate the idea of taking the tournament module format and making it an esport but they'd have to alter the current esport format to make it more interesting.  It'd actually be pretty sweet if the audience could participate as the monsters during combat to add a pvp/audience participation aspect to it.

David Johansen

#52
July 29, 2018, 06:48:43 PM
Why e-sports?  Why not just sports!  WE DEMAND XCRAWL!!!
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Chainsaw

#53
July 29, 2018, 07:58:24 PM Last Edit: July 29, 2018, 08:05:29 PM by Chainsaw
Quote from: David Johansen;1050787Why e-sports?  Why not just sports!  WE DEMAND XCRAWL!!!
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#54
July 29, 2018, 10:43:34 PM
Quote from: Omega;1050483Oh? There are artbooks associated with these Plane Shift PDFs?

Oh yes.  Here a link to the art book https://www.amazon.ca/Art-Magic-Gathering-Zendikar/dp/142158249X
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Spinachcat

#55
July 30, 2018, 01:40:17 AM
I always believe financial anecdotes from CEOs. It's like when politicians quote polls!

dungeon crawler

#56
September 01, 2018, 07:03:01 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;1050808I always believe financial anecdotes from CEOs. It's like when politicians quote polls!

You have won the interwebs for this quarter.

RPGPundit

#57
September 03, 2018, 04:57:34 AM
The question is how much of this profit is being generated by D&D The Game, and how much is being generated by D&D The Lifestyle Brand that has fuck all to do with gaming.
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KingCheops

#58
September 03, 2018, 10:48:52 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;1054973The question is how much of this profit is being generated by D&D The Game, and how much is being generated by D&D The Lifestyle Brand that has fuck all to do with gaming.

I'm pretty sure that like Games Workshop the D&D brand at WotC is more about the IP licensing than the game itself.  I'd be shocked if the video games didn't make more than the TTRPG.

rawma

#59
September 03, 2018, 09:36:22 PM
Quote from: KingCheops;1054989I'm pretty sure that like Games Workshop the D&D brand at WotC is more about the IP licensing than the game itself.  I'd be shocked if the video games didn't make more than the TTRPG.

I expect that Marvel movies make a lot more money than Marvel comic books. Would not making those movies help the comic books? It's more annoying to me that RPG means computer games to most people and we have to say TTRPG.
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