Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
WotC spent years burning trust with the D&D community — the OGL 2023 fallout, a failed VTT, layoffs, and a rewritten alignment system — and now Dan Ayoub's tasked with winning it back. Here's the actual standard to judge whether he can, going into 2026.
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WotC didn't lose the D&D community's trust with one bad decision. Five separate failures, five separate groups burned - and no amount of good PR fixes that on its own. This video lays out exactly what it would actually take to rebuild that trust, and scores Dan Ayoub's chances against that standard instead of against hope or cynicism.
DM Angelo: youtube.com/watch?v=nLrTSKYpym4
0:00 — Wizards Didn't Lose Your Trust By Accident
1:21 — Failure One: The OGL Revocation They Only Stopped Because You Caught Them
2:51 — Failure Two: The VTT That Landed With a Shrug
3:58 — Failure Three: A Decade of Layoffs and No Plan
4:50 — Failure Four: Rewriting Orc and Drow Alignment Nobody Asked For
6:01 — Failure Five: The 2024 Art Direction That Forgot Who Buys the Books
6:43 — Five Incidents Is a Scandal — This Is a Pattern
7:03 — Join the Minions + Collab Schedule Change
7:27 — Why Apologies and Keynotes Rebuild Nothing
8:21 — The Standard: What Actually Counts as Fixed
10:06 — The Scorecard: Five Things to Watch Over the Next Year
12:17 — What Dan Ayoub Already Understands (And Why It Isn't Enough)
13:37 — My Verdict: Cautiously Optimistic, Zero Benefit of the Doubt
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WotC spent years burning trust with the D&D community — the OGL 2023 fallout, a failed VTT, layoffs, and a rewritten alignment system — and now Dan Ayoub's tasked with winning it back. Here's the actual standard to judge whether he can, going into 2026.
🔥 JOIN THE MINIONS: youtube.com/@TenkarsTavern/join
WotC didn't lose the D&D community's trust with one bad decision. Five separate failures, five separate groups burned - and no amount of good PR fixes that on its own. This video lays out exactly what it would actually take to rebuild that trust, and scores Dan Ayoub's chances against that standard instead of against hope or cynicism.
DM Angelo: youtube.com/watch?v=nLrTSKYpym4
0:00 — Wizards Didn't Lose Your Trust By Accident
1:21 — Failure One: The OGL Revocation They Only Stopped Because You Caught Them
2:51 — Failure Two: The VTT That Landed With a Shrug
3:58 — Failure Three: A Decade of Layoffs and No Plan
4:50 — Failure Four: Rewriting Orc and Drow Alignment Nobody Asked For
6:01 — Failure Five: The 2024 Art Direction That Forgot Who Buys the Books
6:43 — Five Incidents Is a Scandal — This Is a Pattern
7:03 — Join the Minions + Collab Schedule Change
7:27 — Why Apologies and Keynotes Rebuild Nothing
8:21 — The Standard: What Actually Counts as Fixed
10:06 — The Scorecard: Five Things to Watch Over the Next Year
12:17 — What Dan Ayoub Already Understands (And Why It Isn't Enough)
13:37 — My Verdict: Cautiously Optimistic, Zero Benefit of the Doubt
The Tavern Rules: We’re here for B/X and OSR gaming. I use AI as a tool to help organize and format my notes, but every ruling and opinion is 100% Tenkar. Keep it civil, keep it old-school, or the bouncer will show you the door.
Basic Rules (Moldvay) PDF & Print - drivethrurpg.com/en/product/110274/d-d-basic-set-rulebook-b-x-ed-basic?src=newest_print&affiliate_id=1446
Expert Rules (Marsh/Cook) PDF & Print - drivethrurpg.com/en/product/110792/d-d-expert-set-rulebook-b-x-ed-basic?affiliate_id=1446
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