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8 months ago ::
Nov 05, 2012 - 3:31PM
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Disney's buying binge isn't stopping with Marvel and LucasFilm: apparently they've been in talks to buy Hasbro as well. (Hasbro, of course, owns Wizards of the Coast, who owns DnD).
If the deal goes through, does this change anything for DnD?
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8 months ago ::
Nov 05, 2012 - 3:32PM
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Wait wat. Seriously?
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8 months ago ::
Nov 05, 2012 - 3:34PM
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It menas D&D changes hands for the 4th time.
Reducing a character to a list of dice rolls and modifiers is not role playing*
*pg 30, AD&D 2nd Ed DMG, 1989.
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8 months ago ::
Nov 05, 2012 - 3:35PM
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If this is true, it very well could be bad for D&D. Marvel and Lucasfilm's main IPs have plenty of following to turn out profit to please disney. WotC does as well, but D&D may not be one of them. I know for a fact (have done extensive financial research and reports on disney's practices) that Disney is very cuthroat when it comes to production. You produce, or you don't. If you don't, you get shelved.
My two copper.
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8 months ago ::
Nov 05, 2012 - 3:36PM
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Google-fu says "rumors of..."
... But at the same time, it would be preeeeetty unsurprising. Hasbro is one company that stands to gain a lot from the Lucasfilm purchase, and new SW films - they hold the merchandise rights apparently all the way through 2020.
If Disney decided that it was going to be THE company profiting from SW, that would be the way to do it.
(All of my monies if that meant a revival of Star Wars Miniatures in time for new films. ALL OF IT. EVEN THE MONIES I DON'T HAVE.)
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8 months ago ::
Nov 05, 2012 - 3:36PM
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Not really. Maybe a D&D animated movie with a heart-warming story in which one of the favored protagonists dies and the others rise above their sorrows (with the help of songs by noted celebrity singer/songwriters) to save the day. Much like Dumbo. Or Bambi. Or Finding Nemo. Or Lion King.
Maybe a Disney-based Magic: the Gathering expansion akin to Kingdom Hearts. I could dig that.
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8 months ago ::
Nov 05, 2012 - 3:36PM
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It means that Mickey Mouse will be a D&D monster.
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8 months ago ::
Nov 05, 2012 - 3:36PM
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Srsly geek-news.mtv.com/2012/11/05/disney-buyi...That looks like the source of it, though it's being talked about elsewhere. Whether it's credible or not is certainly debatable, but the move makes sense: Hasbro has pre-existing toy licenses for both Marvel and Star Wars IPs, so from a synergy standpoint the merger makes perfect sense.
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8 months ago ::
Nov 05, 2012 - 3:37PM
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Not really. Maybe a D&D animated movie with a heart-warming story in which one of the favored protagonists dies and the others rise above their sorrows (with the help of songs by noted celebrity singer/songwriters) to save the day.
As long as they don't make the villain(s) like most Disney villains and make them Evilson PuppyKicker McVillageBurner levels of evil.
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8 months ago ::
Nov 05, 2012 - 3:37PM
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I don't really see a way that this could be a bad thing. For one thing, getting Disney's legal arm on WotC's side could prove very interesting. I am more worried about what this means for Transformers, GI Joe, and My Little Pony. D&D ranks pretty low.
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