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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DarkKestral" data-source="post: 4027149" data-attributes="member: 40100">In the case of Star Wars minis, AFAIK, it was a license reason; Once the licensing situation changed (AKA the release of the Eps. I-III trilogy) the financial and licensing outlook probably started favoring releasing more RPG material, so it made sense to release more material.Unlike Star Wars, in the case of DDM and D&D, WotC owns the IP, and so can make as many products as they want per line if they so wish. It certainly appears they have a specific combined amount of products they expect to release, but if both lines are profitable, there's no reason they can't continue on with both because they could simply add to the lineup without removing product. If the product is something that is a narrow sub-category (the Gargantuan minis, for example), then there might be some schedule shuffling, but that is due to the likelihood of product not selling. In short: don't bet on the RPG going away any time soon. They've invested a lot in 4th ed, so it's unlikely Hasbro will shoot themselves in the foot by letting the RPG stagnate soon after launch, particularly if Design and Dev for both products is interlinked like I believe it is.</blockquote>