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Message: <blockquote data-quote="johnsemlak" data-source="post: 2488816" data-attributes="member: 7233">I'm really just guessing as I don't know much about Decipher, but I think you're far overestimating the importance of RPG sales (or lack of sales) in determining the success of Decipher overall.  I'm sure they're main earner was CCGs (or TCGs, or whatever).  I really have no idea if the LOTR RPG actually sold well or not (does anyone here?).  But I'd be willing to guess that the LOTR name may have been enough to trump the d20/non-d20 issue.  Plus, I think making it an independent RPG, not requiring any other books, was probably a good move for a product that had potential of bringing in people who had never played RPGs before.  They coudl have tried the OGL route, but remember that when the LOTR RPG came out there were very few (any?) games using that model.</blockquote>