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Should WotC buy a Fantasy Novel Publisher like Tor next?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 7843594" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>Right?</p><p></p><p>It's a bloody confusing thing to suggest. They are a book publisher! We need a "scratch head" emoji reaction option for posts I swear.</p><p></p><p>Also re: IPs, the fact is, WotC <em>don't want to publish other RPGs.</em> That's <em>why</em> they don't. WotC tried the whole "Let's publish other RPGs than D&D" thing. They tried it for what, over a decade? Well it's over. They gave up on it. Am the only one who has noticed this? There's no 5E-style d20 Modern for a reason, people. They have the money, they have the infrastructure, they have the skills. They don't want to make other RPGs. Presumably because they think it just cannibalizes the D&D market and is unprofitable? Who knows?</p><p></p><p>But they don't.</p><p></p><p>So the idea about other IPs going past them is irrelevant. They're only interested in making D&D, Magic, and a few other non-RPG games which don't compete with those. Board-game spin-offs of D&D and the like, sure, but actual other RPGs?</p><p></p><p>And 90% of the SF IPs that go through Tor and the like are not really suitable for anything but an RPG. And all WotC would get would be effectively a slightly early chance to negotiate for that IP anyway. Publishing a book is not the same as owning the actual IP.</p><p></p><p>But again, they don't want to make other RPGs. The Broken Earth novels, for example, aren't with Green Ronin because WotC couldn't get them. They're with Green Ronin because companies like WotC aren't interested.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 7843594, member: 18"] Right? It's a bloody confusing thing to suggest. They are a book publisher! We need a "scratch head" emoji reaction option for posts I swear. Also re: IPs, the fact is, WotC [I]don't want to publish other RPGs.[/I] That's [I]why[/I] they don't. WotC tried the whole "Let's publish other RPGs than D&D" thing. They tried it for what, over a decade? Well it's over. They gave up on it. Am the only one who has noticed this? There's no 5E-style d20 Modern for a reason, people. They have the money, they have the infrastructure, they have the skills. They don't want to make other RPGs. Presumably because they think it just cannibalizes the D&D market and is unprofitable? Who knows? But they don't. So the idea about other IPs going past them is irrelevant. They're only interested in making D&D, Magic, and a few other non-RPG games which don't compete with those. Board-game spin-offs of D&D and the like, sure, but actual other RPGs? And 90% of the SF IPs that go through Tor and the like are not really suitable for anything but an RPG. And all WotC would get would be effectively a slightly early chance to negotiate for that IP anyway. Publishing a book is not the same as owning the actual IP. But again, they don't want to make other RPGs. The Broken Earth novels, for example, aren't with Green Ronin because WotC couldn't get them. They're with Green Ronin because companies like WotC aren't interested. [/QUOTE]
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