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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 9239242" data-attributes="member: 52734">I see D&D kind of like Linux.  Yes, you have corporations like Red Hat doing paid development.   But, even without them people would still develop for Linux, albeit at a much slower rate.If Hasbro got out of the game, people would still develop new stuff for D&D.   Someone else might pick up the torch, but they would not be required.   The game could go back to a cottage industry being run by people from their basements putting out stuff they enjoy.   Maybe with a company or two doing it for actual money.For the most part, it seems more and more Hasbro is keeping the lights for D&D using a large bit of nostalgia to keep interest up, rather than pushing the envelope.   That's fine, there's a lot of people who like seeing old friends make a comeback.   But I don't necessarily need Hasbro, or Piazo, or Kobold Press or any company to be the one doing it.tl;dr - If Hasbro goes away, we don't necessarily need another corporation to pick up the baton.  Fans could keep it alive (if just barely) without it having to be pay-for-content, especially in the hands of a business who doesn't have the community's interest in the forefront.</blockquote>