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<blockquote data-quote="AllisterH" data-source="post: 3732995" data-attributes="member: 51325">Doubtful IMHO.You're assuming that Hasbro even notices D&amp;D. They don't IMHO. They bought WOTC for one reason and one reason only and that's Magic:TG. I think people might've forgotten just how much money M:TG pulls in for WOTC.As an aside, Hasbro HAS probably changed Magic. Previous to a couple of years ago, Magic used to release 3 expansions one year, 4 a next (the 4th one being the main edition) and it would be released along those lines. If you own a business, you can see where this is annoying since your yearly predictions will change year to year as well as making your revenue stream uneven.However,&nbsp; in the last couple of years, WOTC has released gimmick sets in the off year so that magic has had 4 expansions a year for the past few years. This year, we (M:TG fans) wondered if they had any gimmicks left and WOTC has&nbsp; basically decided to split one of their regular exppansions into 4 instead of the usual 3.Even though no WOTC official has admitted it, pretty much everyone&nbsp; in the online magic community believe this is straight from Hasbro.re: As for playtesting, 6 years ago, I'd say this would be too short a time.Now though? With pretty much all playtesters and WOTC being in instant contact, why would it take longer for playtesting?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AllisterH, post: 3732995, member: 51325"] Doubtful IMHO. You're assuming that Hasbro even notices D&D. They don't IMHO. They bought WOTC for one reason and one reason only and that's Magic:TG. I think people might've forgotten just how much money M:TG pulls in for WOTC. As an aside, Hasbro HAS probably changed Magic. Previous to a couple of years ago, Magic used to release 3 expansions one year, 4 a next (the 4th one being the main edition) and it would be released along those lines. If you own a business, you can see where this is annoying since your yearly predictions will change year to year as well as making your revenue stream uneven. However, in the last couple of years, WOTC has released gimmick sets in the off year so that magic has had 4 expansions a year for the past few years. This year, we (M:TG fans) wondered if they had any gimmicks left and WOTC has basically decided to split one of their regular exppansions into 4 instead of the usual 3. Even though no WOTC official has admitted it, pretty much everyone in the online magic community believe this is straight from Hasbro. re: As for playtesting, 6 years ago, I'd say this would be too short a time. Now though? With pretty much all playtesters and WOTC being in instant contact, why would it take longer for playtesting? [/QUOTE]

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