Yeah, I don't think Musk should buy Hasbro.

The most valuable thing in Hasbro at the moment is Magic: The Gathering. The rest isn't even close. The problem is that with about half of MTG releases being power-crept Universes Beyond, MTG is absolutely at market saturation, and so you have to pull back to recover. Pulling back means sales losses.

So the smart buyer's decision is to let Hasbro burn to the ground and then consider buying it, not to buy it while it at least has one high value IP at peak extraction.

To be honest, I love 5e, but political controversy matter less to me now. I've started running my own games in my own world only to realize people have been doing it ...forever?

I'm not fan of Hasbro and I've moved away from 5e and DnD Beyond since. My favourite designers are all leaving the company, I don't know who's staying.

I watch QuestingBeast and Prof. DungeonMaster on youtube - I would like to see more of their crafting and OSR videos and less of the Hasbro/Musk/DnDBeyond controversy that feels so click-bait-y.

I for one think Musk should buy Hasbro.  I think WoTC's LoTR cards could be re-done without race-swapping.  And the art on the cards now feel so photo-shoppy its just so awful compared to old cards.

There's no reason Hasbro or WoTC should be struggling the way they are other than they're being self-sabotaged by the mind virus that has infected them.

Quote from: Osman Gazi on November 29, 2024, 10:48:24 AMIf Elon buys Hasbro, I see the D&D brand getting "Blueskied"--i.e., just like liberals are abandoning x/Twitter and joining BlueSky, I see someone else (like Piazo) getting those.

That may not be a bad thing, though...Twitter/X is now more balanced, and D&D could also become more balanced.

Paizo exists because of a "blue skying" away from 4th edition, I don't know how many of those people came back from pathfinder to D&D 5e, but hardcore paizo fans will probably not be missed much.

Quote from: Banjo Destructo on December 04, 2024, 09:35:02 AMPaizo exists because of a "blue skying" away from 4th edition, I don't know how many of those people came back from pathfinder to D&D 5e, but hardcore paizo fans will probably not be missed much.

How is this any different from those that have gone away from D&D to OSR? I believe that the hardcore OSR fans that don't go back to D&D will probably not be missed muchh either.

Quote from: HappyDaze on December 04, 2024, 10:47:38 AM

Quote from: Banjo Destructo on December 04, 2024, 09:35:02 AMPaizo exists because of a "blue skying" away from 4th edition, I don't know how many of those people came back from pathfinder to D&D 5e, but hardcore paizo fans will probably not be missed much.

How is this any different from those that have gone away from D&D to OSR? I believe that the hardcore OSR fans that don't go back to D&D will probably not be missed muchh either.

Greetings!

So, Shadowdark, Dragonslayer, OSE, are all OSR. Are they not D&D? There is also AD&D. All part of the OSR. It seems to me that the OSR is really keeping D&D alive, and expanding, growing, and increasing inspiration and fun in the hobby for everyone. WOTC can thus be seen in many ways as essentially leaving D&D.

The OSR hasn't "Left D&D". The OSR embraces, cherishes, and exalts D&D.

Beyond that, as OSR fans have *Left WOTC*--who is it that is "missing" the OSR people, or *not* missing them? The fat, ugly, blue-haired freaks at WOTC? The Woke fans of NuD&D?

That doesn't seem to be a bad thing to me. It is a positive thing to see, and embrace. Let the Woke Nu-D&D fans gobble up whatever WOTC serves them. It isn't like the OSR people need them, or miss them, in the slightest. It is a helpful and beneficial split within the hobby. This should be embraced and celebrated. Let the Woke freaks wallow in WOTC.

The OSR doesn't need THEM.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

The thing about this, and im sure others have thought/said this. Elon does whatever he wants, i think he would remove the cap on all the "troublesome material" orcs, drow, dark sun etc. WHich could be great, in my oppinion, but also, who knows anything could happen.

Not a Musk fan, but something has to change.
I'm so tired of WotC, none of my money is going that direction, ever.

Its a blessing in disguise really because of the other systems weve played in the last year or so. Its kind of the push we needed to have a more varied rpg life.

Long live everything else!

Fascinating to see how Trump Derangement has transferred onto Musk since the election.

Quote from: Ruprecht on December 05, 2024, 09:51:28 PMFascinating to see how Trump Derangement has transferred onto Musk since the election.

It started before he bought Twitter, really.  The guy who literally dragged the world kicking and screaming into electric cars should be the God Emperor of the left, but he outed the Twitter collusion everyone knew was there and so he's been the Great Satan ever since.