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Message: <blockquote data-quote="timbannock" data-source="post: 8892298" data-attributes="member: 17913">Hasbro is well-known for owning properties and putting them in cold storage or selling them off strategically. Given how meteoric and consistent D&D's rise has been since they've owned it -- with the only obvious "slump" during 4e (and that still successful by any bar within the tabletop sphere) -- I can only assume they see value in it eventually, once the bad press blows over. Perhaps as a nostalgia brand. They went to expensive ends in order to ensure they could re-release HeroQuest 20-30 years after its heyday.That said, I don't think they'll do either, at least not yet. Even if every single person who's miffed about the OGL 1.1 says "No way!" that still leaves some number of MILLIONS of customers who don't care and are quite happy with the game in its current (and likely future) state. They certainly have room to scrape some more profits outta this thing for a few more years yet, even under the worst case scenario.</blockquote>