gloriousbattle
First Post
...but does it really matter, because in another three years they'll junk it and do 6e?
Does this look like a troll post? Well, you could get defensive and call it that, but it seems like a pretty good reflection of what the corporate gaming world has actually become.
GW, as we all know, does the same thing with Warhammer and 40K, and, from a business standpoint, this makes good sense. The company's loyalty is and should be to its investors, not to a bunch of gamers. If you can slip in a new edition and get them to buy it, you should. They'll get tired of this tactic, eventually, but by the time they do, another crop of rpers / minis gamers, will have grown up to become your new target audience.
Yes, it does make good, solid, corporate business sense. But is that what you want driving your hobby?
I am far more interested in the Pathfinder and Zero-edition revolutions. Both of these are labors of love, at least to some extent, and both provide good, solid gaming fun.
Goblinoid Games - Labyrinth Lord
Mythmere Games Core Rules
OSRIC
Troll Lord Games
Rant over.
Does this look like a troll post? Well, you could get defensive and call it that, but it seems like a pretty good reflection of what the corporate gaming world has actually become.
GW, as we all know, does the same thing with Warhammer and 40K, and, from a business standpoint, this makes good sense. The company's loyalty is and should be to its investors, not to a bunch of gamers. If you can slip in a new edition and get them to buy it, you should. They'll get tired of this tactic, eventually, but by the time they do, another crop of rpers / minis gamers, will have grown up to become your new target audience.
Yes, it does make good, solid, corporate business sense. But is that what you want driving your hobby?
I am far more interested in the Pathfinder and Zero-edition revolutions. Both of these are labors of love, at least to some extent, and both provide good, solid gaming fun.
Goblinoid Games - Labyrinth Lord
Mythmere Games Core Rules
OSRIC
Troll Lord Games
Rant over.