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<blockquote data-quote="Skywalker" data-source="post: 731779" data-attributes="member: 1538">In an ideal world I would agree with you.&nbsp; However, the commercial reality shows D&amp;D still incredibly strong and perhaps getting even stronger.I am unsure what your reference to &quot;wider scope and smaller format&quot; means.&nbsp; However, I again note that the OGL is first and foremost a marketing tool for WotC to be able to sell its core books being the PHB, DMG, MM and now d20 Modern.&nbsp; The selling of core books remains the most lucrative part of the industry and D&amp;D/WotC is doing very well off of it.&nbsp; Some OGL 3rd party publishers do also benefit but in general the risk has been shifted.As for D20M being a&nbsp; &quot;roleplaying game&quot;&nbsp; I again ask &quot;how long is a piece of string?&quot;.&nbsp; D&amp;D is a roleplaying game and can be used as such, as can any roleplaying game.&nbsp; If you regard D&amp;D so lowly I am puzzled to hear how you distinguish D20M given that much of the structure of the game is the same.&nbsp; The only difference I can see is how you use it which is beyond the control of the rulebook anyhow.&nbsp; Also there is nothing to suggest that more &quot;roleplaying aspects sell better given that D&amp;D sells far more copies than any other RPG.&nbsp; Again I would love you to be right but commercial reality doesn't support it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Skywalker, post: 731779, member: 1538"] In an ideal world I would agree with you. However, the commercial reality shows D&D still incredibly strong and perhaps getting even stronger. I am unsure what your reference to "wider scope and smaller format" means. However, I again note that the OGL is first and foremost a marketing tool for WotC to be able to sell its core books being the PHB, DMG, MM and now d20 Modern. The selling of core books remains the most lucrative part of the industry and D&D/WotC is doing very well off of it. Some OGL 3rd party publishers do also benefit but in general the risk has been shifted. As for D20M being a "roleplaying game" I again ask "how long is a piece of string?". D&D is a roleplaying game and can be used as such, as can any roleplaying game. If you regard D&D so lowly I am puzzled to hear how you distinguish D20M given that much of the structure of the game is the same. The only difference I can see is how you use it which is beyond the control of the rulebook anyhow. Also there is nothing to suggest that more "roleplaying aspects sell better given that D&D sells far more copies than any other RPG. Again I would love you to be right but commercial reality doesn't support it. [/QUOTE]

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