As you know I recently got myself both Castle Ravenloft and Wrath of Asharldalon board games. I got all nostalgic over the D&D logo:
Look at it, is it not splendid? I knew there would be a few people who'd spit blood and fly off into a furious rage over it, mainly because of Wizards of the Coasts involvement. However I've had people tell me that I'm giving money to the bigger Satan, even worse than Games Workshop one person told me (not that I think either are anything other than companies trying to sell me product for profit). Yet in the same breath I'm told that they're even more evil for selling the game at a loss, using it as a loss leader to lure poor unsuspecting gamers into their lair and trap them!!!
Well lets examine that a bit closer. Have Wizards of the Coast done stuff to deserve such ire of gamers? Yes possibly, just like Games Workshop deserve some of the bad press for the crap they get up to. However they're trying to sell us games and nobody is forcing us to buy them, or not that I've noticed. If you don't like what either of them are selling then pick somebody else's poison has always been my philosophy. However to clarify I can totally understand some of the RPGers I know having a little bit of hatred for them.
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Monday, 4 July 2011
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