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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ivocaliban" data-source="post: 3688005" data-attributes="member: 17596">Yes. I don't quite believe that relevance is entirely dependent on a company's next six months' release catalog. While it's true that I feel I pretty much have all I want (and way more than I need) from WotC, that doesn't make them immaterial. Like it or not, WotC launched the d20 ship and, while one can scream "OGL!" from the rooftops if one likes, I seriously doubt they're going to simply fade away into the darkness.That said it would be foolish to deny that there is a change taking place at WotC. All things move in cycles and like previous editions of D&D there are tell-tale signs that this one is in it's autumn years. Products such as the Rules Compendium certainly evoke the feeling of having come full circle. (Although to be fair we still don't know exactly what that book will contain.)I've been turning to third-party products more as of late, but it's because I already have more than enough from WotC. I'm actually glad there are few WotC products I'm interested in because it allows me to channel my meager funds to those third-party products i've neglected for years. Necromancer Games, Fantasy Flight Games, Green Ronin, Mongoose Publishing and several others all have great products that I can now focus my attention on. This doesn't make WotC irrelevant, it simply moves them to the back burner to simmer for a while. At the moment, I'd say they're less important to me than they were a year ago, but who can say what will be this time next year? I'll admit I haven't been happy with the direction of WotC in the past few years (the pulpy gumbo of Eberron, stronger emphasis on miniatures, the axeing of Dragon and Dungeon magazines, etc.), but they're still quite influential.</blockquote>

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