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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 3320761" data-attributes="member: 326">Hello Charwoman Gene! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Release a 4e that is closer to 3.5e in terms of "old stuff" compatibility than 3.5 was to 3.0.Okay, and how does that sell books other than the core rulesbooks? How does that expand the market? How does that steal casual gamers away from other hobbies?Again I don't see what my incentive is to buy anything beyond the core rulebooks.Take the blinkers off, think things through and look beyond simply trying to keep the status quo.Surely thats only common courtesy to take the time to reply to peoples responses. How is that bumping?The difference is that I am not claiming to have the right answer, simply the best answer to date. Its not a black and white issue.Given that I have repeatedly stated I think the 4E core rulebooks would sell well, and that 4E to most people 'means ' the core rulebooks, I think the answers would be totally skewed. You wouldn't get to the crux of what I am saying which is the books after the core rulebooks will sell badly if they are rehashes.3.5 has already covered 95%+ of the main topics, therefore there is very little 4E could do that would not be a rehash in some way.I meant return on investment, not straight revenue. While the profits on individual boxed sets may be half (?) they are on books, if you sell 5 or 10 (?) times more by entering the mainstream then it won't matter.Is this the same mainstream audience that has been turned off Harry Potter from being a success...because its satanic, killing familes, nerdish and bookish*.*Okay, D&D needs a good movie, I'll grant you that, although somepeople would already say its already had three good movies called Lord of the Rings. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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