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<blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 3399246" data-attributes="member: 7883">My primary rationale is that so many companies are getting out of D20, they might decide to take it to another system.&nbsp; It all depends on who is interested in bidding on the license, and really...how many companies are left right now?I would *not* want WotC to get it, as I'm afraid they'd do a pretty poor job.&nbsp; Green Ronin, Mongoose, or Necromancer might be able to do it.&nbsp; Privateer Press probably wouldn't...they have enough trouble just getting Iron Kingdoms books out the door, what with their commitment to War Machine.&nbsp; Fantasy Flight Games might be a candidate, and they already have the board game and (I think) the CCG game.....but they seem to be getting out of D20 as well, aside from Midnight.Core books for a setting would be the most profitable, right?&nbsp; So no company taking over the license would be likely willing to ignore that potential profit by using GOO's system. For those reasons, I don't think it would be a D20 company.&nbsp; Unless whoever gets it had the opportunity to reprint the book without the production expenses that GOO incurred creating it in the first place.&nbsp; A deal that let them reprint the book, and then publish suppliments for it might actually be decent.I actually really like the GOO version.&nbsp; To me, it's almost a perfect version of a gritty, more realistic D20 system.&nbsp; I get the feeling it's a dead duck though.Banshee</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Banshee16, post: 3399246, member: 7883"] My primary rationale is that so many companies are getting out of D20, they might decide to take it to another system. It all depends on who is interested in bidding on the license, and really...how many companies are left right now? I would *not* want WotC to get it, as I'm afraid they'd do a pretty poor job. Green Ronin, Mongoose, or Necromancer might be able to do it. Privateer Press probably wouldn't...they have enough trouble just getting Iron Kingdoms books out the door, what with their commitment to War Machine. Fantasy Flight Games might be a candidate, and they already have the board game and (I think) the CCG game.....but they seem to be getting out of D20 as well, aside from Midnight. Core books for a setting would be the most profitable, right? So no company taking over the license would be likely willing to ignore that potential profit by using GOO's system. For those reasons, I don't think it would be a D20 company. Unless whoever gets it had the opportunity to reprint the book without the production expenses that GOO incurred creating it in the first place. A deal that let them reprint the book, and then publish suppliments for it might actually be decent. I actually really like the GOO version. To me, it's almost a perfect version of a gritty, more realistic D20 system. I get the feeling it's a dead duck though. Banshee [/QUOTE]

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