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Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: mightybrain on October 02, 2019, 06:01:19 PM
I love the series and the humour. But now it comes close to release I'm getting cold feet. I have this nagging suspicion that WoTC are going to botch it. I really hope I'm wrong.
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: Thornhammer on October 02, 2019, 07:16:43 PM
What is the release date?
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: mightybrain on October 02, 2019, 08:02:11 PM
Quote from: Thornhammer;1107305What is the release date?

Next month. https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/dungeons-dragons-vs-rick-and-morty
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: thedungeondelver on October 02, 2019, 08:23:50 PM
Absolutely zero interest. R&M wore out it's welcome long ago, to me.  Dan Harmon comes off as a complete cock, and the show itself isn't just "black comedy" it's absolutely hateful, mean-spirited ego-stroking on Harmon's part.  So...yeah, no interest in mixing D&D with it.  I'd rather be stuck at a table at a con having to listen to infinite repetitions of worn-out lines from Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: Trinculoisdead on October 03, 2019, 02:52:39 AM
Looks like great potential for cringiness.
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: Brad on October 03, 2019, 10:24:00 AM
This and the Stranger Things set just seem like idiotic cash-grabs. As someone who works for a marketing firm, I applaud WotC scamming morons out of money by rebranding. As a gamer, I think this is pathetic.
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: Armchair Gamer on October 03, 2019, 11:15:40 AM
Quote from: Brad;1107375This and the Stranger Things set just seem like idiotic cash-grabs. As someone who works for a marketing firm, I applaud WotC scamming morons out of money by rebranding. As a gamer, I think this is pathetic.

Fun fact: WotC has wanted to do tie-in starter sets for a long time, but they've also known when to cut their losses. There was one planned to be released connected to the 2000 Dungeons & Dragons movie, but as far as I know, it never materialized.
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: thedungeondelver on October 03, 2019, 02:49:19 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer;1107380Fun fact: WotC has wanted to do tie-in starter sets for a long time, but they've also known when to cut their losses. There was one planned to be released connected to the 2000 Dungeons & Dragons movie, but as far as I know, it never materialized.

I could've sworn there was a boardgame that came out with it.  A little adventure game, maybe?  Not a full blown tie-in mind...
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: Mistwell on October 03, 2019, 03:00:32 PM
Quote from: Brad;1107375This and the Stranger Things set just seem like idiotic cash-grabs. As someone who works for a marketing firm, I applaud WotC scamming morons out of money by rebranding. As a gamer, I think this is pathetic.

It's like $22 bucks - and a full boxed set. We're not talking about a lot of money or big profit margin here. I think they're doing it for fun , and yes for marketing/PR reasons, more so than for direct cash from the sales of these things.
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: tenbones on October 03, 2019, 03:20:05 PM
They should do a D&D Monopoly edition... with supplementary combat rules and called it Classic 4e.

LOL j/k

or am I?
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: Ratman_tf on October 03, 2019, 03:21:50 PM
Eh.

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0Sps6nUH0jY/Vh6b_amr4sI/AAAAAAAALcU/AP5-fT9mick/s640/dd-cycle-8.png)
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: Bunch on October 03, 2019, 05:44:17 PM
Quote from: tenbones;1107412They should do a D&D Monopoly edition... with supplementary combat rules and called it Classic 4e.

LOL j/k

or am I?

They did do a D&D Monopoly edition.
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: Mistwell on October 03, 2019, 06:39:44 PM
Quote from: Bunch;1107433They did do a D&D Monopoly edition.

I think you're thinking of an April's Fools announcement they once did. As far as I know, they have not.
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: mightybrain on October 03, 2019, 06:56:46 PM
Quote from: Brad;1107375This and the Stranger Things set just seem like idiotic cash-grabs.

I'd go with cynical. But that doesn't mean that the creative team didn't put genuine effort into their work. Did anyone try the Stranger Things set?
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: yancy on October 04, 2019, 12:32:20 AM
I wouldn't buy this, but I would buy a version based on the Australian fake Rick & Morty, paired with a D&D clone.
Title: Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty
Post by: Bunch on October 04, 2019, 11:09:02 AM
Quote from: Mistwell;1107443I think you're thinking of an April's Fools announcement they once did. As far as I know, they have not.

No apparently I was thinking of D&D branded Clue