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<blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 4611864" data-attributes="member: 7394">D&amp;D has already failed once, and because of that failure, it was bought out and went on to one of its most successful eras since the beginning of the game. It is my belief that if it fails again, the market will move on and choose one or more successors. Pathfinder is likely to be one, C&amp;C could potentially be another, and then we might see a resurgence in non-d20 based systems like Savage Worlds and d6 (which is poised to make a comeback right about now).I'm not saying that I want 4E to fail, but I am saying that I don't believe that if that happens, it would be as bleak as many people predict it would be. People would simply move on and either stick with what they already have, or find another system to support. I predict that WotC would rather shelve the D&amp;D brand than lose its licensing potential, so we would likely see it continue to exist in the form of alternate media, like video games, comic books, and maybe the occasional weak attempt at a board game or reissue RPG. But despite the fate of the D&amp;D brand, the game would continue to live on thanks to the OGL.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darrin Drader, post: 4611864, member: 7394"] D&D has already failed once, and because of that failure, it was bought out and went on to one of its most successful eras since the beginning of the game. It is my belief that if it fails again, the market will move on and choose one or more successors. Pathfinder is likely to be one, C&C could potentially be another, and then we might see a resurgence in non-d20 based systems like Savage Worlds and d6 (which is poised to make a comeback right about now). I'm not saying that I want 4E to fail, but I am saying that I don't believe that if that happens, it would be as bleak as many people predict it would be. People would simply move on and either stick with what they already have, or find another system to support. I predict that WotC would rather shelve the D&D brand than lose its licensing potential, so we would likely see it continue to exist in the form of alternate media, like video games, comic books, and maybe the occasional weak attempt at a board game or reissue RPG. But despite the fate of the D&D brand, the game would continue to live on thanks to the OGL. [/QUOTE]

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