A mix of the usual suspects (WotC, Catalyst, Paizo), some other smaller usual suspects (Hairbrained Schemes, Dire Wolf, Ghost Story/Irrational Games), and then a bunch of even smaller individuals, as well as a bunch of board game/RPG/comic people.
People generally know WOTC is owned by Hasbro, but if you ask someone who plays “who makes D&D?” or “who makes MtG?” you’re still more likely to hear “WOTC” than “Hasbro.”
And half of them don't even seem to list companies. "Writer" "Editor", etc. There's even someone on there listed as a supply chain manager. Now, I will grant that the logistics side of things is probably much more important than the "creative" (used very loosely) side of things in most games these days, but when is the last time anyone asked for political opinions of a supply chain manager?
It really depends. Some mid-level design manager for Xbox signing this can't be seen as an Xbox or Microsoft endorsement.
Having Mike Turian, Executive Producer of MtG and Jason Tondro, senior designer for D&D at Wizards of the Coast, can for WotC, though. (Not to mention there are many other WotC/Hasbro signers too.)
A mix of the usual suspects (WotC, Catalyst, Paizo), some other smaller usual suspects (Hairbrained Schemes, Dire Wolf, Ghost Story/Irrational Games), and then a bunch of even smaller individuals, as well as a bunch of board game/RPG/comic people.
For wotc I would have just said hasbro.
People generally know WOTC is owned by Hasbro, but if you ask someone who plays “who makes D&D?” or “who makes MtG?” you’re still more likely to hear “WOTC” than “Hasbro.”
Because until hasbro yanks wotc and the woke cancer out of MtG, that's who I will continute to blame for it.
Hasbro has been dead to me since Ms. Monopoly. They've only gotten worse since then.
And half of them don't even seem to list companies. "Writer" "Editor", etc. There's even someone on there listed as a supply chain manager. Now, I will grant that the logistics side of things is probably much more important than the "creative" (used very loosely) side of things in most games these days, but when is the last time anyone asked for political opinions of a supply chain manager?
Yup, you'd have to do some serious homework to match all these people to companies and projects.
Some don't even seem to be in the gaming industry, or just minimalistically so.
If their company allows employees to identify themselves on a list like this with their employment, they endorse it.
It really depends. Some mid-level design manager for Xbox signing this can't be seen as an Xbox or Microsoft endorsement.
Having Mike Turian, Executive Producer of MtG and Jason Tondro, senior designer for D&D at Wizards of the Coast, can for WotC, though. (Not to mention there are many other WotC/Hasbro signers too.)