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<blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 4936253" data-attributes="member: 66434">[Quote-Mearls on rpg.net]&quot;Here's something to consider when you look at WoW and RPGs.Imagine it's 1979. You're a hex and counter wargamer. You buy every title SPI releases. You love them.Now, keeping in mind how everything played out, let's imagine a bit of a twist in the eventual decay of the wargaming hobby.There are these home computers, Apple ][s, IBMs, Tandy computers. As luck would have it, this new company called Snowdrift starts making computer versions of games that look a lot like SPI games. In a lot of ways, they're SPI titles taken almost hex for hex and put on a computer.It turns out that these games are HUGE hits. They make Snowdrift one of the biggest, most profitable entertainment companies in the world.Knowing what you know about how the wargame hobby went, what would you want SPI to do in that situation?&quot; [End Quote]&nbsp;Interesting observation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ExploderWizard, post: 4936253, member: 66434"] [Quote-Mearls on rpg.net] "Here's something to consider when you look at WoW and RPGs. Imagine it's 1979. You're a hex and counter wargamer. You buy every title SPI releases. You love them. Now, keeping in mind how everything played out, let's imagine a bit of a twist in the eventual decay of the wargaming hobby. There are these home computers, Apple ][s, IBMs, Tandy computers. As luck would have it, this new company called Snowdrift starts making computer versions of games that look a lot like SPI games. In a lot of ways, they're SPI titles taken almost hex for hex and put on a computer. It turns out that these games are HUGE hits. They make Snowdrift one of the biggest, most profitable entertainment companies in the world. Knowing what you know about how the wargame hobby went, what would you want SPI to do in that situation?" [End Quote] Interesting observation. [/QUOTE]

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