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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6069284" data-attributes="member: 22424">This seems quite likely.Almost certainly not. I can see two possible responses to the Big Meh:The first option (and one I hope they've planned for) is that Hasbro will simply box the line. They may keep the core rules in print (because that's pretty low-cost) but without any ongoing support. That way, people who are interested can still find the game, but there's little ongoing cost. Then, in a few years when they're looking for a nostalgia product, Hasbro may take it out of the vault, dust off the cobwebs, and put out a new version.(If they're smart, and I think they are, WotC are already planning for this eventuality. Sure, they'd much rather sell us loads of splatbooks, and adventures, and especially DDI subs, but as a backup plan they should construct the Core Rulebooks (or, better, Starter Set) on the assumption that this may be the only thing that remains available - so it needs to be useable indefinitely without any other support, ever.)The second scenario is that some young, up-and-coming RPG company may feel it worth their while to license the D&D TTRPG. Sure, they'd only be sure of having it for 5 years, but that could be enough for a company to establish a name for themselves. (It wouldn't be Paizo, and almost certainly not FFG, but if someone was keen to become the next Paizo, they might see such a strategy as a decent way to get started...)But D&D is in a slightly odd position - it has too much name recognition for Hasbro to simply let it die, and yet it doesn't really have any record of success as anything other than a tabletop RPG - the movies suck, the miniatures are now essentially done, and although D&D related video games have done well this has generally been under other names (Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Forgotten Realms... D&D Online being a key exception, of course).</blockquote>

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