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Referring to this article where Ed Power argues that D&D shouldn't be monetised more: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/may/03/dungeons-and-dragons-wizards-of-the-coast
I actually disagree.
I think D&D should have been monetised more. Why is it foundering behind Harry Potter in media? Why is it less popular than Star Wars?
I don't even think the Hasbro/WotC OGL kerfuffle was a big deal (Pinkertons aside). People have to pay 25% of their income? Heh. I pay 30% to DTRPG for the platform and then I pay a further 29% to Free League for publishing stuff under their community programme. I don't begrudge it....I like their stuff. The idea that someone might eventually get a salary paid out of those 29%s is a good thing for me.
But D&D has been mismanaged as a brand property for decades. We should have had movies of Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms. We should have had so much more rather than the bland crap we did get.
I don't even *like* D7D but damn, it's easy to see how the opportunity has been wasted.
I actually disagree.
I think D&D should have been monetised more. Why is it foundering behind Harry Potter in media? Why is it less popular than Star Wars?
I don't even think the Hasbro/WotC OGL kerfuffle was a big deal (Pinkertons aside). People have to pay 25% of their income? Heh. I pay 30% to DTRPG for the platform and then I pay a further 29% to Free League for publishing stuff under their community programme. I don't begrudge it....I like their stuff. The idea that someone might eventually get a salary paid out of those 29%s is a good thing for me.
But D&D has been mismanaged as a brand property for decades. We should have had movies of Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms. We should have had so much more rather than the bland crap we did get.
I don't even *like* D7D but damn, it's easy to see how the opportunity has been wasted.