Is D&D Dead?

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In February of this year, we kicked off the Epic Adventure Podcast with D&D. Specifically we got together and talked about the D&D OGL Debacle. By now you are all familiar with that, but if you need a refresher go back and listen to episode 1. Mike does a great job breaking down the history of that mess.

When Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast threw in the towel on the OGL everyone breathed a sigh of relief. But it was pretty clear based on the sort of apologizing and the obfuscating coming out of the house that dragons-built things weren’t cool in the pacific northwest.

Then Wizards of the Coast sent Pinkerton agents after a YouTuber who got his hands on some magic cards. Next, they announced that their new Virtual Table Top was going to be using a massive graphics system, additionally they said they were going to roll out a new “Not Version 6” edition of D&D, and finally they raised their book prices, by a lot.

To me, the nail in the coffin was Critical Role announcing they are releasing their own TTRPG System. You know, Critical Role, the streaming live play through that I feel single-handedly resurrected the TTRPG community. They were bailing on D&D and it made me ask Mike?

Mike is D&D Dead?