Re: [Ars Technica] Dungeon-mastering emotions: D&D meets group therapy

On 10/12/2024 5:32 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 23:25:45 +0200, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

On 10/11/2024 6:06 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 

The only reason this story keeps hitting the newswire recently is
becauise it's  pushed by Hasbro/etal in order to bolster sales,
especially regarding the 50th anniversary of the game. It's
clandestine advertising, not journalism.

 

Yes, but it's better than publishing their advertising copy for their
newest sourcebooks.

 Oh, yeah... that's probably a bigger reason for these advertorials
than the 50th anniversary. I totally forgot it was a thing.
 What does it say about WOTC that I don't even _think_ about their
newest edition when I think about D&D?
 I mean, yeah, sure, I get that I'm not their market anymore; I still
play TSR-era games. Still, I kept up to date on 3E, 4E and 5E. I knew
those editions were coming out, I followed their releases, I formed an
opinion about them...
 With 5.5E (or whatever we're calling it today), it's like, "Oh, right,
yeah, that's something that's happening... is it?"
 

Well, it's basically 5.5 and they are trying to force people to buy new books... but they also are careful to keep people from properly adopting it as a new edition in case it scares away the people who came into DnD in 5th.