Beckett
Explorer
Banshee16 said:I'm pretty confident it won't be D20
Why do you say this? Over on RPG.net, there is a lot of wishful thinking about this favorite system or that (in one thread- the other got sidetracked into Knight vs. Samurai), but the realistic view seems to be that a D20 company will snag the license. D20 still has the biggest market share.
Personally, I think whatever company gets it would do best by continuing where GoO left off. I would think most people interested in an RPG based on the series already picked up the D20 book. Having paid $100 for the deluxe edition, a new game would have to be amazing to get me to shell out for a new core book. And the supplements, even if done in D20, if they don't build on what I have, they're not going to be worth buying. Additonally, two of my players have never read A Game of Thrones, but the game intrigued them enough that they bought the standard GoT D20 book. I can almost guarantee that they would not pick up a new core book for a new system.
Now, I don't think my buying habits or those of my group reflect gamers as a whole. But, I also don't think I'm unique.