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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deganawida" data-source="post: 4966364" data-attributes="member: 67836">I didn't even recall any during 2E, so I didn't use any in 3E.  The only one that I'm considering using in the 4E era is the Earthdawn/Age of Legends stuff.  I never got to play Earthdawn when FASA released it (everyone was either AD&D or WoD), but I always wanted to play it.  So, no, I don't miss 3PP at all.However, I do miss new games from publishers other than WotC.  Personally, I think WotC did the entire gaming hobby and industry a disservice with the OGL, and I feel that the market has contracted as a result.  It's similar to what happened in the 90s with comics (if you followed the scene), where Marvel bought up viable competitors and the actual distributors in an attempt to corner the market.  What would have been a survivable contraction turned into a disaster, so much so that nowadays if a comic breaks 100k in sales it's considered a runaway success.IMO, and I'll apologize for being so forthright about it, the industry needs far fewer companies relying upon WotC's products to sell their own.  Instead, these creative people (that's not sarcasm, as I firmly believe that they are creative) should be out there making new systems and new worlds.  It's a big world out there, and D&D and D20 are not for everyone.Apologies to anyone offended by my post.</blockquote>