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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dm4hire" data-source="post: 4128634" data-attributes="member: 14848">I think if WotC adapts a similar marketing strategy like White Wolf, only releasing about 5-6 books a year for a given system, they will do just fine.  They can do five books related to the Core, 5 or 6 for FR, same with Eberron and another campaign setting, then fill the remainder with modules.  That would give an overall yearly production of 15-20 books which isn't a glut.  Then add in the minis and other side products to top it off.This seems to be what they are doing and as Mike Mearls mentioned it just seems like a lot after the core, but when you actually look at the product list it follows my suggestion pretty close.  This list excludes Core Deluxe printings, modules, minis, and other misc stuff just listing new books only:Core:  4Tome of Treasure  9/08Martial Powers  10/08Draconomicon I  11/08Manual of the Planes  12/08Forgotten Realms: 2FR Campaign Book  8/08FR Player's Guide  9/08That's it, so 6 books in five months.  Not really a glut and September is the only month where two of them come out in one month.  If WotC follows this scheduling into next year we'd see a turnout falling right around the 15-20 I mention if not a little less.  There was mention that 2nd Ed d20 Modern might come out next year (keeping fingers crossed).  If it does it will take away from the production of other books cutting the numbers down.Edit:  I should note that after the FR Player's Guide I will most likely stop buying FR books as I tend to do my own thing and leave it up to the players in my games to bring books they think are important.  I use to buy every book then one day I woke up realizing all I was doing was collecting stuff that other people used, which wasn't bad except I never played at home and wasn't about to hull everything around the area.  I know guys who bring giant suitcases to game at RPGA events to make sure they have everything on hand; I'm not one of those guys.</blockquote>

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