Spelljammer 5E and Hostile Takeovers | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Spelljammer 5E and Hostile Takeovers

Episode Introduction

A doubleheader of topics today. We start off with our best understanding/interpretation of the attempted hostile takeover of Hasbro by hedge fund Alta Fox. They're trying to get people on the Hasbro board so they can spin off Wizards of the Coast into an independent company. Maybe there's an argument to be made there, but it's a complicated subject and there's politics on both sides of it. THEN, we get into the real fun stuff and chat about the new Fifth Edition Spelljammer setting announcement. It's almost like they're putting out an honest-to-goodness box set for this! We talk about what the product is going to look like and go over the basics of the setting in case you weren't familiar with it from its Second Edition origins. Get your giant space hamsters ready.

Topics

• Alta Fox's attempted takeover of Hasbro to spin off Wizards of the Coast (1:00)

• Spelljammer is coming to Fifth Edition. We talk about the setting and the specific product being released in August (26:00)

Additional Resources

• https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2022/04/wotc-proxy-battle-heats-up-hasbro-slams-spin-off-plans.html
• https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220426006218/en/Alta-Fox-Files-Definitive-Proxy-Statement-and-Sends-Letter-to-Hasbro-Shareholders
• https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-board-directors-issues-letter-shareholders
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-17/alta-fox-said-to-push-hasbro-for-wizards-of-the-coast-spinoff
• https://dnd.wizards.com/products/spelljammer
• https://www.cbr.com/spelljammer-collection-expect-dnd-5e/
• https://arcaneeye.com/dnd-news/spelljammer-5e-announcement/
• https://www.polygon.com/22722987/dungeons-dragons-spelljammer-reboot-5e-fifth-edition

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