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<blockquote data-quote="cougent" data-source="post: 3477703" data-attributes="member: 48665">I think this is an excellent question, but I doubt any of us would like the real answer.&nbsp; I sadly fear that *this* is exactly the course that WotC/Hasbro has decided to take.&nbsp; We, the old time PnP D&amp;D gamers, may number in the 100,000's... maybe even in the millions... but the world potential market is just too big a target for a Hasbro to ignore.&nbsp; If they can totally &quot;mainstream&quot; the game into something that totally disgusts us, but attracts millions, or tens of millions of new &quot;WoW&quot; generation fans and players... they would do it in a minute.For us, D&amp;D is a personal thing... for Hasbro it is a &quot;Line of business&quot; and thus if they can increase that line by a complete makeover, have no doubt in your head they will do just that.&nbsp; For us it is personal, for them it is not, and like Tony Soprano the gun is raised and the trigger pulled.The good news in all this is that there has been much complaining about the WotC quality of late, or lack thereof.&nbsp; WotC leaving the PnP arena for greedier, er ah &quot;greener&quot; pastures could cause a resurgence and blooming of the 3rd party market.&nbsp; Whether that market gets labeled &quot;d20 compatible&quot; or &quot;Lizards and Labyrinths&quot; or whatever, we will all know what it is and its real purpose.I am truly saddened by this turn of events, but I am trying to get out of the fog of war madness from last week and start finding the silver lining.&nbsp; Also, some very old sage advice:&quot;Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.&quot;The worst for me would be an all digital D&amp;D, as I would not participate in it.&nbsp; So I am planning for that and hoping to be proven wrong.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cougent, post: 3477703, member: 48665"] I think this is an excellent question, but I doubt any of us would like the real answer. I sadly fear that *this* is exactly the course that WotC/Hasbro has decided to take. We, the old time PnP D&D gamers, may number in the 100,000's... maybe even in the millions... but the world potential market is just too big a target for a Hasbro to ignore. If they can totally "mainstream" the game into something that totally disgusts us, but attracts millions, or tens of millions of new "WoW" generation fans and players... they would do it in a minute. For us, D&D is a personal thing... for Hasbro it is a "Line of business" and thus if they can increase that line by a complete makeover, have no doubt in your head they will do just that. For us it is personal, for them it is not, and like Tony Soprano the gun is raised and the trigger pulled. The good news in all this is that there has been much complaining about the WotC quality of late, or lack thereof. WotC leaving the PnP arena for greedier, er ah "greener" pastures could cause a resurgence and blooming of the 3rd party market. Whether that market gets labeled "d20 compatible" or "Lizards and Labyrinths" or whatever, we will all know what it is and its real purpose. I am truly saddened by this turn of events, but I am trying to get out of the fog of war madness from last week and start finding the silver lining. Also, some very old sage advice: "Hope for the best, but plan for the worst." The worst for me would be an all digital D&D, as I would not participate in it. So I am planning for that and hoping to be proven wrong. [/QUOTE]

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