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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 3721770" data-attributes="member: 151">Yes, I expect it is.  Product setting material sells relatively poorly in comparison to other books, and supplements sell relatively poorly in comparison to core rule books.  This has been true for a long time.  The market for a new PHB is vast.  The market for the next Eberron book...markedly less.  The market for the next Magic of Incarnum or Book of Nine Swords, smaller still.  Further, this is kind of a 'damned if you, damned if you don't' situation for them.    A cursory search of this board will find plenty of folks who think that any Monster Manual with a number after the name is an attempt at a cash-in by WotC, for example.  When you consider that the PHB is the best selling D&D book of all time by a considerable margin, it makes sense economically.  The debate is really more of a discussion of whether not it makes sense mechanically, which people have different answers to. I can't debate how it makes you feel, but for my part, I've never been closer to the makers of D&D than I am right now.  Yesterday, I had an exchange with 4e's lead developer on ONE of his blogs.  I've had numerous occasions to engage in online discussions with any number of D&D writers, developers and publishers.  I've gotten replies to questions from the brand manager and I've even asked questions of the game's original designer, right on these very forums.  Heck, just yesterday I got an e-mail from Paizo telling me that my new Pathfinder book and first module subscription are on their way to me.  Nearly 30 years ago, that was UNTHINKABLE.Very true.  Heck, even recent games change a lot.  Knucklebones magazine, for example, periodically runs articles on the history of many popular board games....and many of them are in constant flux.  Take a look the game of Life or even just the scoring differences between versions of Carcassonne.  They change all the time.</blockquote>

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