The 50th Anniversary of the Original Dungeons & Dragons Approacheth, As the Countdown Continues

Eleven months to go until January 2024 and the 50th Anniversary of OD&D. January was a royal dustup between WotC and the fans of tabletop gaming. Looks like things have settled down now, at least for a while, but things will never be the same. In many corners WotC's name is mud right now and for the foreseeable future. They have one shot to get back some of the goodwill that they have squandered with a proper celebration and something for the fans with the upcoming anniversary.

Will they make something of it or will they blow it again?

Your move WotC!

The 50th Anniversary of the Original Dungeons & Dragons Approacheth

Today is 2023, January 1st. One year from now will be the 50th Anniversary of the Original Dungeons & Dragons.  So the question before us is this, will Wizards of the Coast celebrate this Anniversary? Or will they only push a new so-called "One D&D" which no one wants or needs?

Why are they pushing a "virtual" "D&D" which is simply IMO designed to drain $50 to $100 per week from the pockets of the gullible in virtual games that lack the scope and flexibility of face to face games and is part of the new digital paradigm that is being promoted to destroy table top gaming and to relegate the DM of homebrewed worlds to the garbage bin of history.

So far WotC has not made a single penny off this lifelong D&D fan and their current plans show that they don't want my money because they are not willing to support table top gaming in the real world.

WotC has about six months to stave off their impending bad publicity disaster. Will they honor the history of Dungeons & Dragons by celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Original Dungeons & Dragons? Or will they only chase money and dishonor all those who played the game during the TSR years. 

The 50th Anniversary of the Original Dungeons & Dragons is a once in a lifetime opportunity to foster goodwill towards WotC, but it appears that they are hellbent on squandering this opportunity. 

Only time will tell, we have a few months left before it is too late for WotC to avoid this impending corporate image disaster.

When I joined The Ruins of Murkhill

The stooped old man glances nervously around the room at his fellows seated in a circle in chairs, tugs at his shirt collar and then confesses as have the others before him, "Ah um, I am the Wayfarer and I too am a D&D gamer. I have been a gamer, then a D&D gamer for many years since I was a small child. It started innocently enough playing simple board games as a child, then getting into card games and then Monopoly with my parents and older siblings. Before I knew it I was hooked, addicted to the gamer high and always after another fix. All kinds of games came my way and I was weak and could not refuse them. Battleship, Risk, their names are Legion each one feeding my addiction and causing it to grow beyond any control."

"Then," visibly sweating he looks around, clears his throat and continues, "Then came Dungeons and Dragons," he shudders and a look of ecstasy floods his face at the memories, "and then I found out what addiction really was. First I was running fighters, wizards, clerics and thieves, then I discovered paladins and rangers and my ruin was complete. Then when I thought I was at the bottom and it couldn't get any worse I, I," he swallows and starts again, "I became a referee and my destruction was truly complete. I started building worlds, ruined cities, old castles and vast dungeons. Jungles, forests, mountains, islands, nothing was too big or small or obscure, I wanted more and more. I created monsters and treasures galore, I," He breaks off sobbing, "I couldn't stop I just kept going, and no one understood, no one cared, just buy some modules they said, let us have the fun for you they said and don't worry the urge to create will go away they said, but it didn't and I was so miserable and then, and then I heard about this place where I don't have to give creating everything up." Warming too his topic he sits up in his chair and stops wringing his hands, "At last someplace that will support my habit and encourage me to create and build and become and be!" I am so glad to be here!

And Still Not Yet

Here it is, silent and vacant, still not ready to post, but unwilling to delete it and let it go quietly into the dark void. 

Oh Wow

Oh, Wow, I forgot about this. But still not ready to start posting. But again it is here, if and when I decide to do something with it.

My New Blog`

I have been thinking about doing a blog for a while, so here it is, not sure when I will start posting or have often it will be. But at least I have created it.