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<blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 5762542" data-attributes="member: 64209">If Hasbro pulled the plug, I'd be very sad.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Now, I do think it'd do wonders for Paizo and Pathfinder going forward...make them the de-facto inheritors of D&amp;D.&nbsp;I also think 4e would not die....there would be some sort of clone or clones that would support it (possibly with better adventures than we currently have for 4e). I'm thinking maybe a hackmaster type deal from Kenzer Co or something from Goodman.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So, on the one hand, I think it could possibly be better for both major versions of the game we currently have (no offense to old schoolers here).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On the other hand, I worry that it would be bad for D&amp;D overall, and the size (breadth and depth) of the market. &nbsp;I doubt we'd see D&amp;D in Target ever again, for instance. No one would have uber $$$ to back up a substantial marketing campaign that required $$$. &nbsp;&nbsp;On the other, other hand (WHAT? YOU don't have three hands?) I think that if Hasbro pulled the plug on D&amp;D the TTRPG, they'd still try to profit from the IP. I'd expect more boardgames, maybe movies/tv shows, etc....and MAYBE, just maybe, in 10-20 years a totally new version at a time that the market is just begging for it...potentially reinvigorating D&amp;D (once again) for a new generation as we have seen for the Transformers franchise recently. I also wonder if a &quot;rest&quot; from the market might allow for a less &quot;nerds only&quot; marketing perspective/public view of the game.&nbsp;&nbsp;So it could be good, and bad, and maybe later good again.&nbsp;But, being totally sincere, it would make me sad. Almost like when I heard a friend's dog had died. Not a good feeling at all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aberzanzorax, post: 5762542, member: 64209"] If Hasbro pulled the plug, I'd be very sad. Now, I do think it'd do wonders for Paizo and Pathfinder going forward...make them the de-facto inheritors of D&D. I also think 4e would not die....there would be some sort of clone or clones that would support it (possibly with better adventures than we currently have for 4e). I'm thinking maybe a hackmaster type deal from Kenzer Co or something from Goodman. So, on the one hand, I think it could possibly be better for both major versions of the game we currently have (no offense to old schoolers here). On the other hand, I worry that it would be bad for D&D overall, and the size (breadth and depth) of the market. I doubt we'd see D&D in Target ever again, for instance. No one would have uber $$$ to back up a substantial marketing campaign that required $$$. On the other, other hand (WHAT? YOU don't have three hands?) I think that if Hasbro pulled the plug on D&D the TTRPG, they'd still try to profit from the IP. I'd expect more boardgames, maybe movies/tv shows, etc....and MAYBE, just maybe, in 10-20 years a totally new version at a time that the market is just begging for it...potentially reinvigorating D&D (once again) for a new generation as we have seen for the Transformers franchise recently. I also wonder if a "rest" from the market might allow for a less "nerds only" marketing perspective/public view of the game. So it could be good, and bad, and maybe later good again. But, being totally sincere, it would make me sad. Almost like when I heard a friend's dog had died. Not a good feeling at all. [/QUOTE]

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