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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cruentus" data-source="post: 9687152" data-attributes="member: 7034645">Nah, this will likely not move the needle.  Look at tabletop wargaming, and the big names of designers there - Andy Chambers, Jervis Johnson, Alessio Cavatore, etc. who all left Games Workshop 20, 4, and 14 years ago respectively, joined other game companies, started other game companies, moved to computer games, etc., and not a one has come anywhere close to Warhammer/Games Workshop in terms of market share or size.  Heck, one of those games is a passion project by a wealthy person who is pouring money into plastic miniatures and rules, etc., and as far as I can tell, Warhammer is still what everyone plays.  Like others have mentioned, 90% or more of DnD players don't know who Crawford, et al are.   Heck, I didn't know until the pandemic when our group picked up 5e to play, and I didn't know who anyone was who was in charge (aside from Gygax's name, and maybe Greenwood's name), in the 40+ years I've played DnD.  Really, I didn't know, and didn't care who was making the game.  They made the game, I paid them money if what they offered was worth it to me. The game and the name will continue.</blockquote>