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<blockquote data-quote="robconley" data-source="post: 7680869" data-attributes="member: 5636"><p>Unlike other RPGs the doesn't need a single company to be a mid-tier publisher however like Joseph Block pointed out we do indeed have several mid-tier companies as part of the OSR. The default for RPGs is to kit-bash so it enough that we have a bunch of publishers targeting a family of mechanics, classic D&D editions, that are very similar. Even if you exclude Goodman Games, and Troll Lords that still amounts to the sales enjoyed by a mid-tier publisher with a far more diverse range of products available than any single publisher has.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In the past the choice was either use the latest edition if you wanted more material or just stick with a older edition that has a dwindling edition. Thanks the d20 SRD being under the OGL consumers have a choice. The overwhelming majority went to Paizo and demolished D&D 4e, other went on to make retro-clones, adventures, and supplements. Allowing a bunch of folks, including myself to make some money and a few others, like James Raggi of Lamentations of the Flame Princess, to actually making a living at it.</p><p></p><p>If that not a success I don't know what is.</p><p></p><p>If the criteria is that we regained AD&D 1st or BECMI's former market share, well... we failed. It would be nice but nobody seriously thought that would happen. What everybody in the OSR was shooting for was to get a thriving niche market and hobby around older editions in that we exceeded beyond our expectations. </p><p></p><p>As for OSR's influence on 5e, well you can argue about that with Mike Mearls. Certainty it was enough to make the reprints a worthwhile project. </p><p></p><p>As for the future, the OSR will continue to grow and develop as old publishers drop out and new publisher drop in. Each with their own interest and take on what to do with the classic editions. The classic editions will remain the foundation because the various retro-clones are under the OGL. Available for anybody to whatever they think best with them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robconley, post: 7680869, member: 5636"] Unlike other RPGs the doesn't need a single company to be a mid-tier publisher however like Joseph Block pointed out we do indeed have several mid-tier companies as part of the OSR. The default for RPGs is to kit-bash so it enough that we have a bunch of publishers targeting a family of mechanics, classic D&D editions, that are very similar. Even if you exclude Goodman Games, and Troll Lords that still amounts to the sales enjoyed by a mid-tier publisher with a far more diverse range of products available than any single publisher has. In the past the choice was either use the latest edition if you wanted more material or just stick with a older edition that has a dwindling edition. Thanks the d20 SRD being under the OGL consumers have a choice. The overwhelming majority went to Paizo and demolished D&D 4e, other went on to make retro-clones, adventures, and supplements. Allowing a bunch of folks, including myself to make some money and a few others, like James Raggi of Lamentations of the Flame Princess, to actually making a living at it. If that not a success I don't know what is. If the criteria is that we regained AD&D 1st or BECMI's former market share, well... we failed. It would be nice but nobody seriously thought that would happen. What everybody in the OSR was shooting for was to get a thriving niche market and hobby around older editions in that we exceeded beyond our expectations. As for OSR's influence on 5e, well you can argue about that with Mike Mearls. Certainty it was enough to make the reprints a worthwhile project. As for the future, the OSR will continue to grow and develop as old publishers drop out and new publisher drop in. Each with their own interest and take on what to do with the classic editions. The classic editions will remain the foundation because the various retro-clones are under the OGL. Available for anybody to whatever they think best with them. [/QUOTE]
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