Everyone trashes it, but I also loved the 1984 Dune movie at the time. I had read the books before that and thought it was a decent effort. Of course the new Dune movies lift the bar. Saw the first and can't wait to see Dune 2.

To the English members here: Is there an ancestry site that I can use to look up some relatives that doesn't cost anything?

ShaneG.

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Showed up in the Class 4-5 auctions as Jade Hare. I don't remember seeing this printing before.............

ICv2 reports a 30% hobby store sales decline for Dungeons & Dragons specifically, citing the impending new edition and lackluster movie performance

I mean.... Its profitability was a problem with how much it cost more than anything. Movie was good, made 200mln, will do well in streaming/elsewhere. Just expecting 300-500m from a D&D film is too much.

Hasbro are having a really rough time here. MTG has horrible YoY comps vs the LoTR set//last year huge success vs pretty bad launches this year (though Bloomburrow looks great). If D&D doesnt nail its next edition then I expect there'll be some massive level of shakeup - because these are the two profit drivers for the company. Also, having Larian bail on even doing an expansion pack for BG3...... clearly things are pretty fkd up there

I am a little salty, but read this with hint of humor - if you read it.


I got excited for the 50th way too early, like three years ago. I would have ordered a cake from my local grocery store if they provided some type of cake decoration and encouraged folks to celebrate on a specific day.

I just think wizards is poorly run. There is no excuse for not having a celebratory video announcing all the items showing the cover art. All of the dates should have been in 2024. And something bombastic should have happened in January. Chris Pine could have had a single appearance included in his contract to do it? Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis? Anyone who wrote a module in the 70s or 80s? Critical Role folks?

The video they released in February addressed the January/February discussion and then put everyone to sleep with the announcements - by two guys from the HR department. I might be wrong on that detail. Ya-hoo, happy b-day DnD, we fired our publisher, laid off a lot of people and didnt plan the 50th anniversary any better than Magic 30th, glad we get to make some money off you guys for this stuff, have a day.

If they focused on making a particular edition better instead of coming out with new editions, they'd probably fare better.

Badmike wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:They are probably the worst stewards of the game in the 50 year history of the game and the "true" game will continue on through the OSR and smaller independent creators.

Mike B.

Not to be petty - but I would argue that TSR are both the best (clearly/obviously - early) and the worst (at the end) stewards of the game. In terms of the execs/process that ended up with them in bankruptcy.

First time i run into the "instructional book" definition:

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...and thinking at it, it is not a wrong wording... it is simply never used...

Thought of this group when I saw this today