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<blockquote data-quote="Pramas" data-source="post: 2634435" data-attributes="member: 995">For those who might not know, there was no such thing as the &quot;M&amp;M1.5:The Errata'd Edition.&quot; We sold out of the M&amp;M core rulebook and had to reprint. When we did so, we corrected the known errata. We also gave the errata away for free and even printed it in the M&amp;M Annual and we were perfectly up front about what the reprint was. It was never advertised or marketed as M&amp;M1.5. It was a reprint that fixed errata, something so standard in the RPG industry I'm not even sure why it merits comment. There is no magic formula. It depends on the game, the state of the fanbase, and the scope of the changes. There is also a big difference between a revision and the new edition. You can call that semantics but that is the heart of the issue. You have to be up front with the fans as to what is going on and why. I was not at WotC when they released 3.5, so I can't tell you if what happened with 3.5 was intentional or not. I can tell you, as will any honest publisher working in that era, that 3.5 had a negative impact on the d20 market.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pramas, post: 2634435, member: 995"] For those who might not know, there was no such thing as the "M&M1.5:The Errata'd Edition." We sold out of the M&M core rulebook and had to reprint. When we did so, we corrected the known errata. We also gave the errata away for free and even printed it in the M&M Annual and we were perfectly up front about what the reprint was. It was never advertised or marketed as M&M1.5. It was a reprint that fixed errata, something so standard in the RPG industry I'm not even sure why it merits comment. There is no magic formula. It depends on the game, the state of the fanbase, and the scope of the changes. There is also a big difference between a revision and the new edition. You can call that semantics but that is the heart of the issue. You have to be up front with the fans as to what is going on and why. I was not at WotC when they released 3.5, so I can't tell you if what happened with 3.5 was intentional or not. I can tell you, as will any honest publisher working in that era, that 3.5 had a negative impact on the d20 market. [/QUOTE]

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