Is WoTC even relevant to you anymore?

[The Lemon Merchant]

I haven't purchased any mini's, though the dragons have sorely tempted me. As for anything else from WotC, I'm not terribly concerned with what they put out. I still pay attention to them, just in case they do come out with something that I may find interesting, but for the most part I've cut back considerably on what I will buy from them.

 

[billd91]

WotC will be relevant to me as long as they publish materials that I find interesting and useful. Currently, they are still doing so.

 

[Voadam]

I recently bought pdfs for Lord of the Iron Fortress (which I'm currently running) and Fiend Folio while they were on sale. I got the spell compendium for my birthday and later got it on pdf as well when their sale went up. For Christmas I got the two fiendish codexes and MMIV. I've enjoyed and gotten use out of each of these.

Last physical book I purchased for myself, uhm, Unearthed Arcana when Amazon had it on sale for 60% off years ago around the same time as CW, Dragonlance CS, and D20 Menace Manual, all at 60% off. oh wait, I bought a used copy of the star wars d20 monster book a little after that.

 

[Zaruthustran]

Definitely relevant to me and my players.

I've really enjoyed the last few WotC books, particularly Complete Arcane and Complete Mage. The Warlock class and Reserve feats are a big step in the right direction for a better magic system. And I'm really looking forward to what they do next.

That said, I'm getting a little tired of D&D 3.5. I've spend, oh, maybe 25 hours trying to build a new 8th level PC. With so many races, spells, feats, PRCs, and items I'm definitely suffering from information overload. And yet, 90% of the stuff I'm looking at is irrelevant--the optimizer in me is only concerned with workhorse feats, not the filler.

But I digress. Wizards is hugely important as innovators and, let's face it, the champion of the entire tabletop RPG category. Even if you don't care for their new releases, as a gamer you should care about what they're doing.

 

[JustKim]

Wow, the last thing I bought from WotC was I guess.. Monster Manual V and two cases of Night Below? That must have been early July 2007. No, WotC has not been relevant to me in several weeks. Since then I've purchased newer third party books, some Reaper miniatures, and totally moved on.

 

[SavageRobby]

Heh. Polar opposite to many it seems, the only things that interests me from WotC are minis related - DDM minis, Dungeon Tiles and Fantastic Locations, although the latter not-so-much. I don't get to skirmish much anymore, but I use the minis extensively in my RPG sessions (which are Savage Worlds or C&C).

In general, the WotC books I could do without. Most of my 3x collection is now sold or in storage, with C&C, Savage Worlds, AD&D (1st edition) and various modules (mostly Necromancer or DCCs) given the shelf space that once belonged to 3x.

 

[Xyxox]

They're about as relevent to me today as TSR was right before they were bought out. It's tough to sift through all of the crunch heavy stuff for items that are useful without being unbalanced and, quite frankly, I'm not in the mood for the fifth treatment on new feats/PrC/Spell whoisits that may be published.

Their relevence will increase dramatically as soon as they publish 4E, though, as the entire cycle will begin anew and new crunch in a new edition will become very worthwhile.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Still relevant to me, sure. I probably buy about half of what comes out from WotC, and have mostly dropped the third parties. Most adventures with a decent hook also require too much work, unless I base a campaign around them, so I tend to just look for elements that I can add to campaigns. (I guess this falls under the "replacement" system Glyfair mentioned as well.)

 

[Maggan]

I'm a bit confused about the question. The thread title asked one question, and the post another. Fortunately, I think the answer to both questions is "yes".

Yes WotC are still very relevant to me and my gaming group, and yes there are probably other people in the same boat as you. I'm not in that boat.

But I must say it's damned crowded here in the boat I'm sitting in ...

/M

 

[bento]

Last WoTC items I purchased was Expedition to Ravenloft, a couple of the Fantastic Locations and maybe the first tiles set. Everything that's come out this year, while interesting, hasn't gotten me to open up my wallet very wide.

I'd like to think I'll be picking up MMV or some of the recent Eberron books, but if the books don't directly support my gaming group, there's little urgency.

Instead most of my purchases lately have been going to miniatures, maps and items like the Critical Hit deck.

So no, WoTC isn't really relevant right now at my table, but that's not to say things can't change quickly.