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arscott
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The existence of the Saga Edition Star Wars rules makes me a bit sceptical of the assertion that WotC isn't making any money off of RPGs. Under the terms of WotC's current license with LucasFilms, they can either make minis or RPG products, and they've been going with minis because they're more profitable.
But with their new license effective 2007, they can now make both RPG and Mini products. Presumably they're paying LucasFilms extra for the privilige, and I don't think they'd try to do that unless they felt that RPGs were still a valid way to make money.
But with their new license effective 2007, they can now make both RPG and Mini products. Presumably they're paying LucasFilms extra for the privilige, and I don't think they'd try to do that unless they felt that RPGs were still a valid way to make money.
Festivus
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Scribble said:
That's my vision of it too. You buy the mini's packs now and they have the "roleplay" stats on the back of the cards already. Fantastic Locations are your adventures. Spell cards, magic items and feats all seem very logical next steps to get more revenue to come in and keep it coming in.
MtG has taught you well young jedi.
Edit: The more I think about it, the more I think about what I do now in 3.5ed. I use spell cards for spells because it takes a lot of time to look up spells during play sometimes, so that would be rather nice. I use initiative cards to track combat, that too would be nice. Add to that feat/ability cards and I could see where the rather complex world of 3.5ed D&D could be much easier to explain to the new player. Here, just use this fireball card...
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Wulf Ratbane
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WarlockLord said:
Exactly! I don't care how high the production values are or what kind of economies of scale Wizard$ can muster, I want my books crappy and cheap!
The sooner we can eliminate this evil "profit motive" from the publication of RPGs, the sooner they'll really start to flourish.
Wulf Ratbane
Adventurer
And another thing!
Let's just abandon this whole concept of bringing any kind of mass-market appeal to MY hobby. If I have to engage in one more normal, non-geek conversation with the mundanes I'm currently DMing for, I'm going to throw up.
Plus, really, I could do without the wife wanting to play in my game. Anything we can do to raise the barrier of entry so that she's no longer interested?
Let's just abandon this whole concept of bringing any kind of mass-market appeal to MY hobby. If I have to engage in one more normal, non-geek conversation with the mundanes I'm currently DMing for, I'm going to throw up.
Plus, really, I could do without the wife wanting to play in my game. Anything we can do to raise the barrier of entry so that she's no longer interested?
Alzrius
The EN World kitten
1E lasted for fifteen years. 2E lasted for eleven. Maybe this is unrealistic, but we should at least be able to eke out a decade from an edition of D&D! 
I wonder if WotC will make 4E available under the OGL. If not, the market could break from it, trying to sustain the 3.5E rules on its own. However, as much as I'd like to think they'd be able to do so successfully, I don't see that happening. Everything d20 says you need the three Core Rulebooks to use them, and a shift towards using the OGL directly could be costly, as well as confusing, as there'd be no Core Rulebooks to reference anymore, meaning relevant material would have to be reprinted.
However this goes, I know Hasbro wants and needs to make money, but I wish that that wasn't the sole reason for a new edition. :\
I wonder if WotC will make 4E available under the OGL. If not, the market could break from it, trying to sustain the 3.5E rules on its own. However, as much as I'd like to think they'd be able to do so successfully, I don't see that happening. Everything d20 says you need the three Core Rulebooks to use them, and a shift towards using the OGL directly could be costly, as well as confusing, as there'd be no Core Rulebooks to reference anymore, meaning relevant material would have to be reprinted.
However this goes, I know Hasbro wants and needs to make money, but I wish that that wasn't the sole reason for a new edition. :\
ColonelHardisson
What? Me Worry?
WarlockLord said:
Why would you think that? There are a lot of signs that a potential 4e would be compatible with 3e. Besides that, 4e wouldn't strike your books blank if they aren't compatible. You could still play 3e.
jgbrowning
Hero
arscott said:
I'm pretty sure they're making money off RPGs. But I bet that they're making more mony for equal (if not less) effort with the minis.
joe b.
