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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LuckyAdrastus" data-source="post: 5322362" data-attributes="member: 82859">This doesn't really scan.  And old game DOESN'T need new parts to be played the way it was when WotC/TSR stopped supporting it.  You can play 1e, 2e, 3e, 3.5e or any version right now as well as you ever could in the past.  All the materials still exist.  You can buy them on Amazon.  Nothing has changed about them.  They didn't require the Character Builder or have to be played to LFR guidelines, so it doesn't matter what rules those use.It is true that by creating a new edition, and only creating new material for that edition, WotC is no longer proving new information to grow and change 3.5 or 1e (while still keeping them 1e or 3.5, whatever that means).  But so is Archie Comics by producing new issues of "Betty and Veronica."  Neither Betty and Veronica, nor 4e, contain new material for 3.5.  But neither eliminates the already existing material.So why is 4e the villian, but Bettie and Veronica isn't?It is possible that in the future you may no longer be able to find old copies of obscure D&D books (though really, it's not that hard to find out-of-print books) but is that the fault of WotC?  If there aren't enough buyers to justify WotC or another company selling the older books, why should they?  There is a pro-3.5 thing here.  Apparently, enough people like 3.5 to justify another company (Paizo) making new material for it (Pathfinder).  Bully for 3.5!  I still don't see how 4e impacts it negatively.It does seem, like the OP stated, that there is a double standard here for a WotC products vs. non-WotC products.</blockquote>

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