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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Keith Robinson" data-source="post: 5347120" data-attributes="member: 21330">Of course it's worth thinking about.  Sure, it's just pure speculation, but it's interesting.  It's fun <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=":)" />  And given the length of this thread, someone somewhere has just got to be right!As for your central point about card games, I tend to agree with you.  I think people often think about WotC as being a single brand company (ie D&D), whereas the real money spinners for WotC are their card games and MtG in particular, which still remains very popular.  To a certain extent, this relieves the pressure on the D&D brand.  Also, the brand has a greater value beyond the game itself, especially in the CRPG market, which won't be reflected in Pathfinder vs D&D trends.As for the idea of the D&D brand taken over by another company, I have to admit that I rather like the idea, however unlikely it may be.  When WotC first took over D&D, they revitalized the game, but seem to have lost their way in recent years and their marketing and PR strategies have all too often been ill-conceived and ill thought through.  I don't doubt for a minute that there are a number of companies (and Paizo in particular) who could do a much better job.  That said, I don't think it's likely to happen anytime soon.But it sure is fun to speculate... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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