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Wizards Of The Coast President Cynthia Williams Steps Down (dungeonsanddragonsfan.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/dnd

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[–] Pronell 111 points 9 months ago (10 children)

"Williams held the position for over two years and was involved in some of the company’s biggest highs and lows, with her tenure seeing the release of the D&D film Honor Among Thieves and the blockbuster video game Baldur’s Gate 3, as well as ushering in a wave of fan backlash following the OGL scandal."

They had little to nothing to do with BG3. The development process of a movie, including approving of a screenplay, takes longer than two years, leaving her responsible for...

Oh. Yeah.

The reason I abandoned the company. Or at least one of the avalanche of reasons.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 9 months ago (3 children)

She had more of a hand in Magic the Gathering's recent push to make as most product as possible, as well as the incredibly awful Magic 25th anniversary celebration idea of $1000 packs of proxies.