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<blockquote data-quote="francisca" data-source="post: 2575305" data-attributes="member: 9734">I'm very much in a &quot;who cares&quot; mode about the future of D&amp;D.&nbsp; I could never buy another RPG product at all, and game the rest of my life quite happily.&nbsp; Mearls was dead right when he said the fanbase doesn't need publishers.&nbsp; Hell, with the SRD intact, OGL-based RPGs can continue on forever.&nbsp; I've pretty much had my run with 3.X as a DM anyway, and I'm very unlikely to follow D&amp;D into 4e.Besides, threads just like this one, concerning the eventual spinning off of the D&amp;D brand are nothing new.&nbsp; Neither is any of the speculation.The one issue I am concerned about is what would happen to the arrangement Kenzer has with WotC in regards to the AD&amp;D material it uses as a foundation for Hackmaster.&nbsp; I'm concerned because HM is a hoot, and the D-team and staff are all great guys (as are many other publishers).&nbsp; I'd hate to see the rug yanked out from underneath them.Having said that, here are some predictions:4e will be more akin to the D&amp;D miniatures game than the current edition.&nbsp; There is just too much potential money to be made by tying it to randomly packaged minis.&nbsp; A marketing campaign, touting D&amp;D's return to it's miniatures wargaming roots, will be mounted.&nbsp; Many will decry the end of roleplaying, then realize that the roleplay part of D&amp;D was always what they made of it anyway.&nbsp; I predict this will happen (meaning 4e released) prior to September 2009, if Hasbro keeps it, post 2010 if someone like FanPro or Whizkids end up with the license.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="francisca, post: 2575305, member: 9734"] I'm very much in a "who cares" mode about the future of D&D. I could never buy another RPG product at all, and game the rest of my life quite happily. Mearls was dead right when he said the fanbase doesn't need publishers. Hell, with the SRD intact, OGL-based RPGs can continue on forever. I've pretty much had my run with 3.X as a DM anyway, and I'm very unlikely to follow D&D into 4e. Besides, threads just like this one, concerning the eventual spinning off of the D&D brand are nothing new. Neither is any of the speculation. The one issue I am concerned about is what would happen to the arrangement Kenzer has with WotC in regards to the AD&D material it uses as a foundation for Hackmaster. I'm concerned because HM is a hoot, and the D-team and staff are all great guys (as are many other publishers). I'd hate to see the rug yanked out from underneath them. Having said that, here are some predictions: 4e will be more akin to the D&D miniatures game than the current edition. There is just too much potential money to be made by tying it to randomly packaged minis. A marketing campaign, touting D&D's return to it's miniatures wargaming roots, will be mounted. Many will decry the end of roleplaying, then realize that the roleplay part of D&D was always what they made of it anyway. I predict this will happen (meaning 4e released) prior to September 2009, if Hasbro keeps it, post 2010 if someone like FanPro or Whizkids end up with the license. [/QUOTE]

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