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<blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8198534" data-attributes="member: 10148">I think that's pretty debatable, as mentioned upthread, enough so that it probably shouldn't be counted as a strong influence on this alt-D&amp;D. And as I also mentioned, a GOT-based game wouldn't be nearly as marketable to a mainstream audience as D&amp;D was in its day. That doesn't mean, however, that a GOT-style RPG wouldn't appear in this alternate history... I just wouldn't bet on the first fantasy RPG using it as a primary influence.Traveller, probably not. Star Wars is a trickier question - certainly it's an obvious choice for a license once the industry gets started, especially (as is likely) if RPGs are inspired in part by Star Wars... but as pointed out upthread, the Star Wars franchise was partially supported between the original trilogy and prequels by the RPG. So did Star Wars take a different trajectory without the RPG?West End Games should still exist, of course, but it took them nearly a decade to get into the RPG industry in our timeline, and several more years before they picked up the Star Wars license. If the RPG industry is delayed until, say, the 1980s, WEG might not even get into RPGs.That all said, are we likely to see a Star Wars RPG at some point in this alternate timeline? Probably. But who knows what it'll look like, when it'd be released, or how successful it would be? Lots of variables to consider.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JEB, post: 8198534, member: 10148"] I think that's pretty debatable, as mentioned upthread, enough so that it probably shouldn't be counted as a strong influence on this alt-D&D. And as I also mentioned, a GOT-based game wouldn't be nearly as marketable to a mainstream audience as D&D was in its day. That doesn't mean, however, that a GOT-style RPG wouldn't appear in this alternate history... I just wouldn't bet on the first fantasy RPG using it as a primary influence. Traveller, probably not. Star Wars is a trickier question - certainly it's an obvious choice for a license once the industry gets started, especially (as is likely) if RPGs are inspired in part by Star Wars... but as pointed out upthread, the Star Wars franchise was partially supported between the original trilogy and prequels by the RPG. So did Star Wars take a different trajectory without the RPG? West End Games should still exist, of course, but it took them nearly a decade to get into the RPG industry in our timeline, and several more years before they picked up the Star Wars license. If the RPG industry is delayed until, say, the 1980s, WEG might not even get into RPGs. That all said, are we likely to see a Star Wars RPG at some point in this alternate timeline? Probably. But who knows what it'll look like, when it'd be released, or how successful it would be? Lots of variables to consider. [/QUOTE]

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