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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 7679893" data-attributes="member: 22424">I doubt that will hurt them directly. They saw it as a risk and therefore wisely kept the Goblinworks stuff at arms' length.But I think this, coupled with a resurgent D&D and the near-saturation of their current edition, may make it difficult for them to grow their brand any further. Indeed, I think they may now have peaked and will start to shrink somewhat. Though whether that leads to them going the way of White Wolf (effectively ceasing to exist, with the IP going elsewhere) or the way of Green Ronin (still a respected, if smaller, vendor) remains to be seen.One key problem they will have is with Pathfinder 2nd Ed. In the past, a new edition was often a case of bringing some of the best supplementary material into the core, giving the rules a polish, and adding new artwork. But the existence of websites compiling all the rules mean that that's much less attractive as an option (and the OGL means they can't just disappear those sites). But a new edition that vastly changes the rules, as is the new norm, runs the risk of being greeted by their fans the same way 4e was, or at least splitting the fanbase.Perhaps the internet era just puts an effective maximum lifespan on an RPG?</blockquote>