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<blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 1422595" data-attributes="member: 426">Mark, I remember starting a poll on this topic sometime back.&nbsp; I think that the time between revisions and new editions of D&amp;D has become shorter and more comparable to some other games.&nbsp; I would hope that D&amp;D 3.5 would at least have a 4 year life span, but we will see.I think the real wild card is what Hasbro may do with D&amp;D and WotC.&nbsp; As I recall, one of the reasons that Hasbro purchased WotC was Pokemon.&nbsp; As this has finally died out as a business for WotC, the question arises as to whether WotC is a profitable enough division of Hasbro to retain.&nbsp; I could see Hasbro selling WotC as a business decision, or in an effort to focus on more traditional and profitable product lines.Of course, it is hard to predict whether a new owner would want to keep 3.5 alive for a few years or move to another edition.Mark, I can see Hasbro wanting to restrict the D20 license to a few companies.&nbsp; The row between WotC and the Valar Project over the Book of Erotic Fantasy may make some of the Hasbro executives a little more cautious over the use of the D20 license.Any thoughts on who should work on a 4th Edition and the flavor of the rules? Or is this too speculative?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="William Ronald, post: 1422595, member: 426"] Mark, I remember starting a poll on this topic sometime back. I think that the time between revisions and new editions of D&D has become shorter and more comparable to some other games. I would hope that D&D 3.5 would at least have a 4 year life span, but we will see. I think the real wild card is what Hasbro may do with D&D and WotC. As I recall, one of the reasons that Hasbro purchased WotC was Pokemon. As this has finally died out as a business for WotC, the question arises as to whether WotC is a profitable enough division of Hasbro to retain. I could see Hasbro selling WotC as a business decision, or in an effort to focus on more traditional and profitable product lines. Of course, it is hard to predict whether a new owner would want to keep 3.5 alive for a few years or move to another edition. Mark, I can see Hasbro wanting to restrict the D20 license to a few companies. The row between WotC and the Valar Project over the Book of Erotic Fantasy may make some of the Hasbro executives a little more cautious over the use of the D20 license. Any thoughts on who should work on a 4th Edition and the flavor of the rules? Or is this too speculative? [/QUOTE]

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