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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6507072" data-attributes="member: 37579">I was thinking of this today and believe that there's a middle ground.Too many RPG products is problematic. It creates rules bloat and power creep while aging the game. Rather that new content being exciting it becomes a chore.But that does not mean there should be no priducts. WotC just needs to find other a D&D products beyond RPG splatbooks.We're seeing more of these. Minis from WizKids, spellcards, Attack Wing, and the board game. But there could be more. Content for us dedicated gamers to spend money on that don't directly impact the RPG but can still impact play.WotC could rerelease the Dungeon Tiles master sets again. Or revise them, perhaps giving them a thin plastic coating to make them usable with wet and dry erase markers.I'd like to see a rerelease of 3 Dragon Ante. They could just reprint the cards, but they could revise the rules to tighten the game making it a cheap product.(This highlights the difference in philosophy between most of WotC and the D&D team. WotC is otherwise dedicated to releasing product and letting it go out of print, then releasing a new product. That's how Magic works. D&D and other games make money by releasing a few products and keeping them in print.)Other card products could be fun. Like a Deck of Many Things (the art is already done making this another cheap product). Initiative tracking cards would be neat. I adore my deck of Pathfinder Condition Cards, so WotC could also release those, possibly with common buffs/debuffs. Or a deck of magic items, like spellcards, so you can draw from the deck rather than rolling . They could sell other accessories. Like character folios with blank character sheets or dice bags. Character sheets are a lane product now with printers being ubiquitous, but hard card stock folders to keep your character and campaign notes in would be fun. It'd also be nice if WotC released a product like Pathfinder's pawns. They're such a cheap and handy alternative to minis. They could even improve on them by giving them a dash of plastic, making them wet/dry erase friendly, so you can number or name them.There's also a tone of other merch like T-shirts, belt buckles, wallets, and stuffies. D&D has a wealth of classic monsters that could make fun small stuffed animals, like the gelatinous cube, tarrasque, owlbear, bulette, rust monster, or roper. Non-crunch sourcebooks also work. Deities & Demigods and the Manual of the Planes can be 90% fluff and would not be detrimental to the health of the game.</blockquote>

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