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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ranger REG" data-source="post: 1356178" data-attributes="member: 533">I know that some of you wished that Decipher had used the d20 System for their games. After all, the company was created initially as a TCG publisher following Wizards' sucessful launch of Magic: The Gathering and a whole new gaming hobby.Then again, there are those who resisted because they don't think that the system can fully embodies the "feel" of Middle-Earth, or that they do not want their games to be lost in the large d20 market. I encountered that resistance when Last Unicorn Games was acquired by Wizards (and along with it, the rapidly expiring Star Trek and Dune licenses).I can't help but look back in time and chuckled, when Decipher made a surprise announcement (acquiring Star Trek license) at GenCon 2000, in an attempt to undermine Wizards (basically going behind their backs to secretly negotiate with Paramount) and in my POV, overshadow the launch of 3e and the limited sales run of Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium RPG.Yet I still have faith in Decipher, especially when they hired the familiar pool of game designers that worked on LUG-Trek (To this day, whenever I can, I still play their game with the Icon System) out of that LA office.And I still have faith in Decipher now, even though the bulk of game designers that created Decipher RPG Studio in 2001 have now left since or have been laid off due to the closing of their LA office.Oh, well. Whatever they do, I wish them all the best of luck.P.S. Mongoose have been hinting yet another new licensing deal, aside from Starship Troopers. Hmm.</blockquote>

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