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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7652231" data-attributes="member: 177">Well, I wasn't the one who suggested the D&D/Pathfinder/OSR thing.  It isn't like the OSR is only one brand, either, but I didn't see you complaining about that.Be that as it may, I think you're wrong.  D&D is a role playing game.  Pathfinder is a role playing game.  The various games of the OSR are role playing games.  Other RPGs are still RPGs, dude.  It isn't like comparing Coke to pastry - they're all still the same basic sort of product.  It's like comparing Coke to all the stuff you see in the soda section of your local Whole Foods (an organic/health-food leaning market chain in the US - I don't know if you have them over there).And, in terms of market dynamics, I think I still have it right.  Imagine you're a brand manager at WotC or Paizo.  Part of your job is, of course, to keep an eye on your competition, right?  You're spending some of your limited, valuable time looking at what's out there, keeping an eye out for the next thing that might be a challenge to your market share.  Now, I'll agree that there's no single brand that's poised to suddenly take off like a rocket, so if you're keeping your ear to the ground, you're looking more at groups of things.  Are you spending more time watching what's happening with OSR games, or with things out by FATE, Savage Worlds, and Shadowrun?Before you answer, remember that your own first "Spotlight" was *not* on an OSR game.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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