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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6343457" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>Well, sure. Especially if they're cross-compatible enough that they act like complementary rather than substitute goods.</p><p></p><p>It's happened in the past, indeed, it was the norm from 1977 through 1992. D&D started out as one game ('0'D&D, published in little APA-like booklets). In 1977 it split into Basic D&D (which went on to become BECMI and the Rules Cyclopedea) and AD&D (1e). The first AD&D book was the Monster Manual, and it was entirely useable with 0D&D and pitched as such. AD&D was published through 2 editions over 23 years. For the first 5 or so years, not one was 0D&D still being printed and sold by TSR, but a 'clone,' Arduin Grimoire, was quite successful (until TSR sued them). Even after the fad years ended, AD&D & BECMI/RC co-existed for years.</p><p></p><p>Really, D&D and Pathfinder could have co-existed, too, even with the crazy of the Edition War, it's just that D&D was committed to delivering on a business model that (to make a long, 'perfect storm' story short) just didn't work. 5e faces no such challenges, so should be able to 'share' the market with Pathfinder, just fine. If WotC is wise enough to make 5e officially OGL with it's own SRD and set 3pps loose to make current-ed D&D content, again, the two games may even complement eachother in the marketplace. That could mean people playing both at different times or combining both into an uber-system, but it could also just mean people playing one, but often buying supplements, adventures and the like of the other to adapt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6343457, member: 996"] Well, sure. Especially if they're cross-compatible enough that they act like complementary rather than substitute goods. It's happened in the past, indeed, it was the norm from 1977 through 1992. D&D started out as one game ('0'D&D, published in little APA-like booklets). In 1977 it split into Basic D&D (which went on to become BECMI and the Rules Cyclopedea) and AD&D (1e). The first AD&D book was the Monster Manual, and it was entirely useable with 0D&D and pitched as such. AD&D was published through 2 editions over 23 years. For the first 5 or so years, not one was 0D&D still being printed and sold by TSR, but a 'clone,' Arduin Grimoire, was quite successful (until TSR sued them). Even after the fad years ended, AD&D & BECMI/RC co-existed for years. Really, D&D and Pathfinder could have co-existed, too, even with the crazy of the Edition War, it's just that D&D was committed to delivering on a business model that (to make a long, 'perfect storm' story short) just didn't work. 5e faces no such challenges, so should be able to 'share' the market with Pathfinder, just fine. If WotC is wise enough to make 5e officially OGL with it's own SRD and set 3pps loose to make current-ed D&D content, again, the two games may even complement eachother in the marketplace. That could mean people playing both at different times or combining both into an uber-system, but it could also just mean people playing one, but often buying supplements, adventures and the like of the other to adapt. [/QUOTE]
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