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D&D may go digital but not with me WotC is dead to me

Don't you love when you make a D&D video, and it gets a lot of views and comments, and you get a lot of subscribers? Congratulations.

I've been into this hobby for 45 yrs. It's going to fail. Epically.

When I saw this episode of ST, the first thing I thought of was the Shadowfell, but that wasn't introduced until 4e right. Cool little vid though look forward to more parallels.

Saw that in the store yesterday. Like that alt cover much more. Of course i'd already ordered the digital+physical combo to save $. Oh well. From what I've read so far the layout and examples are very beginner friendly. I was gonna say wish it was like that when i started, but didn't red box have a decent intro adventure. Its been so long... anyway, yeah seems better than 2014 in those terms.

Just came across this video today (9/10/24) and I have been playing since October '79 (1e AD&D) and DM'd for the first time that November as I brought it home from college over the Thanksgiving holiday introducing my brother and friends. My brother DM's as does my daughter. I've played/DM'd 1e, 3/3.5e, and 5e. I have found flexibility on the fly to be a good skill to have.

I just started watching this channel and I really like it. Just good, honest talk about yhe hobby. That's unique. Keep up the good work.

I consider myself more introverted than extroverted, I would say my wife is definitely the one that enjoys having company or going places to be around a lot of people who are close friends, etc. When I think back to when I was in High School, the amount of time that I spent, especially my 8th Grade year of Junior High and my Freshman year of High School making characters for AD&D and using my modules to play a game of D&D by myself, because I didn't have a any neighborhood friends who were interested in D&D. It wasn't until I was a Junior in High School that I met 2 or 3 other guys that actually played tabletop RPGs, and even introduced me to the Palladium System (RIFTS, etc.) and Hero RPGs. Looking back now, I played those games by myself because I didn't know anyone else interested. However, even today, because I live in a fairly rural area, I don't have good gaming stores nearby, and I don't live close enough to walk to one if I did. I occasionally run my wife through D&D with Henchman or Hirelings to accompany her character, because I don't use the Forbidden DM-PC. Thank you for sharing these thoughts!

Being an introvert does not mean being shy, nor does it mean being socially awkward. There are shy extroverts and outgoing introverts. The difference is that introverts lose energy in social situations, while extroverts gain energy from it. An introvert can be someone who is the life of the party, but leaves early. The shy extrovert shows up early and is last to leave but is a wallflower all night hoping someone talks to them. Lets stop conflating introversion with some kind of social anxiety or other mental illness that needs to be overcome, please.

Blessings and good luck 🙏 🍀 Great channel. Great advice & info. Keep at it. As an Old Timer (1980) still at it, it’s great to see the Magic of D&D, and role playing games continue.

Can definitely relate with the introverted thing. Hope you find success 😀

Yes D&D can help people in a lot of ways, a lot of different ways too

Let me recommend some channels for you. First is mine, though my channel is only partly about D&D, but I'd love for you to check out my story that I wrote, and then narrated on my channel. It's called 'Forestera's Fate' and it's all in a Playlist. I've since written and narrated Book Two, and a Short Story too. Here's 3 more channels that I think are great: The Dungeon Minister thedungeondelver The Old Warlock

Coming from the other side of the coin, it surprised me you mentioned taking risks. It never occured to me before that that is how many people perceive social interaction. Thanks for the openhearted insight.

Sounds familiar. D&D helped me get out in front of people. I realized I needed to be able to handle people. I started playing / DMing D&D between my Sophomore and Junior years (summer of 1974). I did Model UN, Forensics my senior year. D&D eased me into the formal, but prepared, speaking in Forensics and Model UN. I just retired from teaching so it must have worked :)

The future of D&D? Find a trashcan.

I appreciate the intellectual examination, but the shaky cam is making me sick. If WotC had any brains at all, they would fork D&D with the current as Classic D&D and in parallel create a whole new D&D system with modern game mechanics. Current D&D with its swingy d20, inflating hit points, nonsensical saving throws, abstract armor, only six abilities, are all outdated game mechanics.

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I think you need a stabilizer for your camera.

Congratulations on grabbing yourself a copy of the alternative cover! Looks a lot better to my eyes than the standard. Looking forward to your analysis and review. 🤟😍

Again, good luck on getting the 2024 PHB. I'm waiting, my FLGS is about an hour away and I'm sure they'll sell out.

please fix the camera setup and our mic set-up. it's hard to watch

Thanks for the calm, reasoned approach to your analysis. It makes very good sense. It happens to solidify my choice to leave D&D behind forever, but that's just the risks that companies take when making large changes like this.

Very interesting info. Thank you!

The most insidious part of this for me is the language of "our fans". Who does WOTC consider to be "their fans"? Throughout all my time playing D&D, I've never thought of myself as a "fan" of D&D, and especially not as a "fan" of WOTC. I've been a "player" of D&D, I've been a "DM" running D&D, now I consider myself a game designer using the framework of D&D. None of that is being a "fan" of D&D though, and that's what concerns me about the future of D&D. I've noticed over the last 4 or 5 years, ever since the lockdowns really, that there's been a change in the attitude of new D&D players, they're now much more like that "fan", the person who buys licensed merchandise irrelevant to the gameplay experience. WOTC seem to be trying to create more of those people, abandoning the traditional non-"fan" players in the process.

screw hasbro and WotC, i already sold all my mtg cards and dnd books and jumped over to Pathfinder and Blades in the Dark. Peeps stop giving them money there are way better alternatives out there, I mean hell you can play Pathfinder completely free with Pathbuilder and Archives of Neithys.

You might want to reassess how much the mcu has made. A huge amount was lost to the woke agenda. Guess what's happening to hasbro atm. The same thing

Imagine having to pay a monthly subscription to use you imagination

D&D's future... Castles and Crusades, Shadowdark, Daggerheart, Basic Fantasy, White Box Fantastic Midevil Adventure Game, Old Swords Rule, Five Torches Deep, Knave. Cairn, Black Hack. You go play your computer game, those of us who play real D&D have lots of choices.

Go woke go broke. Pathfinder all the way now

The greatest thing D&D has done for me over the last 10 years: It's the reason that I've gone out and played other games. I've found no shortage of other options out there, the only challenge is finding people that are willing to come of the WotC tiddy, because they're completely unaware that D&D isn't the only fantasy role-playing game. As it stands now, D&D is going to be a lifestyle brand. It'll be like Betty Boop- it'll just be some logo slapped on products at Wal-Mart. Hopefully this Stranger Things and Critical Role trend will die off soon, and Hasbro can do whatever they please with D&D while actual players will adapt and overcome- and innovate. As for the 'digitization'? Yeah, kiss the inside of my ass, WotC. Half the reason I stayed sane through my various deployments in the military was because we had pencils, paper, and some physical D&D books.

They lost me for life.

The digitization would be fine as an alternative way to play, but unfortunately we all know that sometime down the road WotC will make up some excuse to stop printing books. You can't get a monthly subscription out of people who own printed books.

D&d as a subscription service is what they want

Boot Hill was an awesome game! So was Gamma World. I had WAY TOO MANY plant characters in that game.

I predict 2024 will be a huge success but their overpriced VTT and obvious effort to devalue DDB will lead balloon whatever good will they generate and they’ll report “slower growth than desired” and cut jobs again.

Notice he calls them “science fantasy” and “heroic fantasy” and not “fantasy” and “sci-fi”. It was all fantasy in the early days. Now we have distinct genres.

I know DnD can succeed ... go back to Advanced DnD.

Hasbro purchased WotC for Pokemon. At that time WotC had the license to make the Pokemon card game but shortly after Hasbro getting WotC the Pokemon Company took the rights back. Hasbro did NOT buy WotC for D&D. Hasbro never even mentioned D&D on any of its yearly financial reports until about 2018, 2019 when the toy division started hemorrhaging and 5e was financially secure. Right now the only part of Hasbro making any money is in the digital realm. Monopoly Go IS why Hasbro is still ticking. It's not D&D. It's not even really Magic Arena but that is doing a lot better than D&D. Digitizing D&D is trying to break a 50 year tradition that a lot of traditional players will just not buy into.

Why no G.I.Joe RPG?

Half of this video is just a black screen without any audio.

I’ll tell you…

I think the time for simpler pen and paper TTRPGs (and their VTT representations) is here. D&D is clearly taking the video game path, going whale hunting. It creates an awesome opportunity for games that aren't so complex that you need a top-end computer to participate in them.

From what I can tell by looking elsewhere, the Dungeon Dudes have already made a video talking about the inclusion of the "bloodied" condition for the 2024 Edition of D&D. The following video is from 3 days ago: th-cam.com/video/NMgHngNIdOg/w-d-xo.html