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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 4425879" data-attributes="member: 42582">As others have said, there were a heap of fantasy RPGs as alternatives to 2nd ed AD&amp;D, and have been for all of the past 30 years (RM, RQ, T&amp;T, C&amp;S, Hero, GURPS, Palladium, just to name a few).And if what is meant to distinguish Pathfinder is that it is D&amp;D under a different label, well that's true also of Arcana Unearthed/Evolved, Conan OGL, C&amp;C, OSRIC and Basic Fantasy (and the latter two are free downloads, I think). No one is predicting that any of them will knock of D&amp;D or the hobby as a whole.The only thing that could differentiate Paizo from any of the publishers of the above-mentioned games would be a greater capacity to produce and distribute material (roughly, that is, its capital - I think the staff are probably available if the money is there). What will determine whether Pathfinder knocks of D&amp;D won't be mechanics, but finance. And from what Darrin Drader is saying (and I get the impression he's in a position to know) it sounds like Paizo is not a significantly bigger publishing entity than any other mid-size RPG company. Unless I'm wrong in suggesting that, Pathfinder won't knock off D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 4425879, member: 42582"] As others have said, there were a heap of fantasy RPGs as alternatives to 2nd ed AD&D, and have been for all of the past 30 years (RM, RQ, T&T, C&S, Hero, GURPS, Palladium, just to name a few). And if what is meant to distinguish Pathfinder is that it is D&D under a different label, well that's true also of Arcana Unearthed/Evolved, Conan OGL, C&C, OSRIC and Basic Fantasy (and the latter two are free downloads, I think). No one is predicting that any of them will knock of D&D or the hobby as a whole. The only thing that could differentiate Paizo from any of the publishers of the above-mentioned games would be a greater capacity to produce and distribute material (roughly, that is, its capital - I think the staff are probably available if the money is there). What will determine whether Pathfinder knocks of D&D won't be mechanics, but finance. And from what Darrin Drader is saying (and I get the impression he's in a position to know) it sounds like Paizo is not a significantly bigger publishing entity than any other mid-size RPG company. Unless I'm wrong in suggesting that, Pathfinder won't knock off D&D. [/QUOTE]

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