Now WotC has taken Dragonlance (merged)

[Cthulhudrew]

Or, could be that Hasbro is collecting back into itself...

I just had this sudden image of Hasbro pulling back all its pseudopods and coccooning before transmogrifying into some hideous terror that is unleashed upon us all. Cthulhu lives!!!!

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

Feh. I'll shed a tear for Ditko when he actually asks for said profits. If Ditko doesn't think he is owed something, then I'm not going to presume I know more than he does about the issue.

Since that's about as likely as Marvel asking for a stake in the Conan property, I doubt either of us will be breaking out the hankies any time soon.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

What's weird is that we don't really have "reporters" in this industry...

We just don't have anything like that in this industry. EnWorld is the best we have, and it does a great job, but the money just isn't there to be paying reports to work hard to dig up the story when something like this comes around.

Aside from ENWorld, there's also Gamingreport.com that I know of (which is more strictly news oriented than here).

Back when 3E came out there were a ton of news/scoop/speculation sites (of which Eric Noah's was the most successful as we all know). It is kind of strange that there weren't more, but I think that part of that has to do with the nature of the biz. Comics have a higher profile than RPGs, for a lot of reasons (notably, these days, their movie and television ties).

 

[Banshee16]

That's still the plan as far as I know!

Cheers,
Cam

No Taladas though....

Sniff...

Banshee

 

[Banshee16]

Expedition to Castle Ravenloft probably made WotC more money than the entire Ravenloft license did.

One shot module...not a sourcebook. Very limited use if once the adventure is done with.

Banshee

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

One shot module...not a sourcebook. Very limited use if once the adventure is done with.

Banshee

Kind of like the original module Castle Ravenloft, you mean? The one that led to the wider setting in the first place?

I'm sad to see Sovreign lose the DL rights, because they were one of the few companies I actually think had HIGHER production values than WotC and they put out some wonderful Dragonlance material.

At the same time, I wouldn't be surprised to see Wizards start supporting the setting again to take advantage of the upcoming movie.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

In the long run, I'd probably get caught but it'd be for the greater good!

Leaking non-finalized plans, in general, just freaks people out and isn't for the greater good by any means.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I can't see Blizzard doing anything like this. They stand to make far more money if they just put out Starcraft 2 or Diablo 3, yet they refuse to provide resources to such projects.

Blizzard has three development teams working on projects at any one time. The only known project is World of Warcraft. It would be a mistake to think that the other teams are working on updates of Pong and Space Invaders.

 

[lurkinglidda]

Frankly, this action is fascist. Scott Rouse is worse than Hitler!!!

How dare you? How dare you compare Scott to someone who killed millions of human beings?

 

[Vocenoctum]

One shot module...not a sourcebook. Very limited use if once the adventure is done with.

Banshee

That was my point, with no facts to back it up, I still feel confident that WotC made more money on that one book than the entire license, not that they will come out with an entire line to support the license.