WotC Digital D&D advent calendar from DnDBeyond

[Umbran]

definitely quite mediocre

What do you expect as a freebie going out to thousands of people?

 

[Ancalagon]

What do you expect as a freebie going out to thousands of people?

the cynic in me expected worse... but I'm not just a cynic. Decent little gifts would be possible

 

[mcmillan]

Looks like today's deal is a discount on the dungeon masters guide on d&d beyond

 

[pukunui]

Looks like today's deal is a discount on the dungeon masters guide on d&d beyond

That was yesterday for me. The next one is 10% off D&D branded t-shirts.

 

[Dire Bare]

If WotC hired me as their guy behind the holiday advent calendar . . . .

Instead of dropping the entire MC 2 on Day 1, I'd drop one freebie item a day. A monster, a magic item, a spell. These could be previews from upcoming products, or like MC 2, related to but outside other releases. At the end of the calendar, I'd offer a compiled version.

Each day would also bring a coupon like what we are getting now.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Today there was a coupon for a store selling D&D-branded version of games such as Trivial Pursuit and Yahtzee.

I am disappointed... even if it was just "2-3 monsters from this adventure/supplement" I would have preferred it. This feels like an ad/coupon instead of candy. Heck if it was off buying any 1 book on D&D beyond I would feel better...

Oh well I hope some people get to use it for some Christmas shopping.

That was yesterday for me. The next one is 10% off D&D branded t-shirts.

3 days of just glorified ads...

 

[pukunui]

Yeah, an advent calendar full of coupons is pretty sucky.

 

[LordEntrails]

So... not much better than the scam advent calendar that was all over Facebook the previous 2 years?

 

[Velderan]

If WotC hired me as their guy behind the holiday advent calendar . . . .

Instead of dropping the entire MC 2 on Day 1, I'd drop one freebie item a day. A monster, a magic item, a spell. These could be previews from upcoming products, or like MC 2, related to but outside other releases. At the end of the calendar, I'd offer a compiled version.

Each day would also bring a coupon like what we are getting now.

We'll see what else they offer, but yeah, getting MC2 (which was pretty fantastic!) on day 1 set the bar pretty high for 3 days of coupons to follow.

 

[J.Quondam]

So... not much better than the scam advent calendar that was all over Facebook the previous 2 years?

Well, in WotC's defense, this one doesn't contain fishhooks to give to children.