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7 months ago ::
Nov 06, 2012 - 11:17AM
#111
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Moving this thread over to future releases, where all this speculative stuff is supposed to be.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 06, 2012 - 11:25AM
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One concern I have is how the Disney morality police could intervene in the lore and fluff of D&D.
If they haven't been able to stop the repellent people of the internet from perverting every Disney cartoon in every way - and they haven't - I don't think you should worry too much about whether or not you'll be able to find a table that plays as darkly as you want, although possibly without as much official imprimatur. Still, the Pirates of the Caribbean movies were pretty grim.
I have a hard time seeing another "Book of Vile Darkness" coming out under Disney's watch.
Good.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 06, 2012 - 11:29AM
#113
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Moving this thread over to future releases, where all this speculative stuff is supposed to be.
Know anything solid?
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7 months ago ::
Nov 06, 2012 - 11:36AM
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Moving this thread over to future releases, where all this speculative stuff is supposed to be.
Know anything solid?
Nope. I'm reading the same rumor articles you guys are.
Trevor Kidd
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7 months ago ::
Nov 06, 2012 - 11:53AM
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Disney owned Miramax when the studio produced the films Kids, Pulp Fiction, and Trainspotting. (alphabetical order)
I personally liked No Country for Old Men slightly better than Pulp Fiction, but I don't quote it as frequently.
The point here is that Disney owning something does not mean G rated regardless of what you read on facebook.
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Concisely: I want a system where players don't have to pick between mechanics and roleplaying. I hope 5E fails asap so a better system can be made asap.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 06, 2012 - 12:16PM
#116
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"There's always a bigger fish."
―Qui-Gon Jinn.
(I rebember that quote because I rebember I read it in a article when Hasbro bought WotC).
About D&D background there are three options.
- Fidelity to continuity. That is the ideal.
- Remake, retcon or reboot. That is our fear.
- Spin-off, new settin with a style closer Disney taste for TV cartoon show and comics. I think it would the most probable.
Can you imagine it? Tasslehoff Burrfoot in Disneyworld!!
I suposse the future Hobbit trilogy would be other blockbuster. Disney executives could be interested about D&D franchise to try a similar success.
LOL! i laughed hard at that! About the acquisition it could even be a opportunity for disney to try to expand the rpg market invading toystores and commercials with books,films and toys. after all, the key to commercial success is to diversify.
DM: Products of MY Imagination ©. Since 1986.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 06, 2012 - 12:16PM
#117
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Moving this thread over to future releases, where all this speculative stuff is supposed to be.
Know anything solid?
Nope. I'm reading the same rumor articles you guys are.
Off topic, but gotta say it. My players and I love where D&D Next is going!
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7 months ago ::
Nov 06, 2012 - 1:44PM
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About G.I.Joe never I have see a children franchise that promoted patriotism, love to homeland.
But now G.I.Joe: renegades we see now the evil empire is a capitalist corporation (Cobra) and the heroes, the main characters are considered like a menace by the government. Of course I don´t jumpt to conclusions and I think it still is ideologically neutre, like ABC TV show "Modern Family" or "Deseperate Houswifes".
If we don´t see the end of comics of Punisher or Marvel Zombies because Disney bought Marvel I think the future WotC wasn´t going to be more.... politically correct. (I am afraid the opposite).
Book of Vile Darkness, 3rd and 4th was published...and there isn´t any scandal.
Disney could create a new D&D world/settin to be used for cartoon TV show... but the rest of D&D multiverse would be calm, without controversies.
"Say me what you're showing off for, and I'll say you what you lack!" (Spanish saying)
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Confucius said: "The Superior Man is in harmony but does not follow the crowd. The inferior man follows the crowd, but is not in harmony"
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7 months ago ::
Nov 07, 2012 - 6:19PM
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Disney isn't buying Hasbro because of it's products like D&D, it is buying Hasbro because they have the rights to the Star Wars toys. Disney wants to syngergize it's recent purchase of Lucasfilms. D&D is just getting caught up in the tide.
First of all, LucasArts has the rights to the toys. Hasbro has a license, which can terminate. If Disney were buying Hasbro for Star Wars toys, they're idiots. They already own the toy rights by buying LucasArts
Disney buys IP. Hasbro has a ton of IP. That's why they would buy Hasbro.
Eve if true, it does not spell a deathknell for D&D. Disney isn't likely to shelve Monopoly or Scrabble simply because they bought Hasbro for some of their toys.
They bought Lucas Films I think ... and Lucas still owns his big moneymaker(the toy rights) and even the special effects company that Lucas Films usually employs (he is one smart cookie).
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7 months ago ::
Nov 08, 2012 - 4:11PM
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Ravenloft Haunted Mansion....
Fewmaster Toede's Wild Ride (On dragons!)
It's a Sigil World (Ride the planes!)
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Of the two approaches to hobby games today, one is best defined as the realism-simulation school and the other as the game school. AD&D is assuredly an adherent of the latter school. It does not stress any realism (in the author's opinon an absurd effort at best considering the topic!).
It does little to attempt to simulate anything either. (AD&D) is first and foremost a game for the fun and enjoyment of those who seek the use of imagination and creativity....
In all cases, however, the reader should understand that AD&D is designed to be an amusing and diverting pastime, something which an fill a few hours or consume endless days, as the participants desire, but in no case something to be taken too seriously.
For fun, excitement and captivating fantasy, AD&D is unsurpassed.As a realistic simulation of things from the realm of make-believe or even as a reflection of midieval or ancient warfare or culture or society, it can be deemed only a dismal failure. Readers who seek the later must search elsewhere. - Gary Gygax. 1e DMG.
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