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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 4055038" data-attributes="member: 59082">Given that the new OGL/GSL/DSL/Whatevathafuhitis hasn't officially come out yet--and we still have no idea who will or will not shell out the five grand to start publishing 4ed products this summer--this query is admittedly highly speculative (on this forum? No way...). I am curious if there is any sign of what non-WotC publishers are going to do with their default settings? Is White Wolf going to 4edize the Scarred Lands, or are they going to start with something fresh? Are we going to see 4ed versions of the Wilderlands, Thieves World, the &quot;Freeport world&quot;? And so on.My thinking is that no one is going to pay the $5,000 and instead wait until next year. Well, maybe one or two companies--White Wolf, for example, is the most obvious choice. But they also have other game lines to make money off of, so I guess the d20-only publishers might be more impatient and inclined to <s>waste</s> spend their money. I've got two general questions I'd like to hear opinions of the illustrious members of this board on:First, if you were a 3rd-party d20 publisher (or if you are, for that matter), does it make more sense to: A) Spend the $5,000 and get stuff out there this summer (and perhaps make more money because of the thinned field), or B) Save the dough and flood the market January 1st (or whenever the gate-opening would be), and instead publish stuff that is 3x ed but sneakily &quot;4th edition compatible&quot;?Secondly, does it make sense to 4edize an already published setting (like WotC is doing with the Forgotten Realms) or start over with a new setting? And if you are going to 4edize, do you do it drastically (like FR) or just more along the lines of rules updates and a newer-and-prettier book?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 4055038, member: 59082"] Given that the new OGL/GSL/DSL/Whatevathafuhitis hasn't officially come out yet--and we still have no idea who will or will not shell out the five grand to start publishing 4ed products this summer--this query is admittedly highly speculative (on this forum? No way...). I am curious if there is any sign of what non-WotC publishers are going to do with their default settings? Is White Wolf going to 4edize the Scarred Lands, or are they going to start with something fresh? Are we going to see 4ed versions of the Wilderlands, Thieves World, the "Freeport world"? And so on. My thinking is that no one is going to pay the $5,000 and instead wait until next year. Well, maybe one or two companies--White Wolf, for example, is the most obvious choice. But they also have other game lines to make money off of, so I guess the d20-only publishers might be more impatient and inclined to [S]waste[/S] spend their money. I've got two general questions I'd like to hear opinions of the illustrious members of this board on: First, if you were a 3rd-party d20 publisher (or if you [I]are[/I], for that matter), does it make more sense to: A) Spend the $5,000 and get stuff out there this summer (and perhaps make more money because of the thinned field), or B) Save the dough and flood the market January 1st (or whenever the gate-opening would be), and instead publish stuff that is 3x ed but sneakily "4th edition compatible"? Secondly, does it make sense to 4edize an already published setting (like WotC is doing with the Forgotten Realms) or start over with a new setting? And if you are going to 4edize, do you do it drastically (like FR) or just more along the lines of rules updates and a newer-and-prettier book? [/QUOTE]

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