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<blockquote data-quote="timbannock" data-source="post: 4529479" data-attributes="member: 17913">Well, she's been on the business side of RPGs since the early- to mid-80s, so she does have a clue.&nbsp; I can't personally vouch for her playing D&amp;D, but I'm gonna guess it might have happened at least once.And is it about money?&nbsp; Of course it is!&nbsp; TLG put love into their products, but they are also a business. Gygax Games is a business, too.There's a lot of ifs, but my guess would be that CZ goes either as systemless as possible (very hard for a product like that!), or might somehow work in a couple systems.&nbsp; Gygax Games didn't rule out future work with TLG either (in fact, Gail said those words almost exactly), so maybe licensing C&amp;C is a good idea.I'm a little worried because I don't recognize the staff of Gygax Games...who are their designers and writers?&nbsp; If it was Mentzer or somebody like that, well, then there's hope.&nbsp; If it's a bunch of no-names, then...well, they better be AMAZING.Also, consider Gary's bible o' CZ...I can't imagine he wrote it in a manner that would allow it to be directly worked into the 4E mind set, so that would be a huge conversion.&nbsp; Not sure how that'd even work.Also, what about the CZ stuff already released?&nbsp; Are they going to reboot from scratch?&nbsp; Because that will KNOWINGLY put a ton of people off, or reduce sales of Yggsburgh Reloaded or whatever junk like that they try to put out.There's some seriously odd business decisions going on here, but Gail's been around the biz for some time, so one would think she's gotta have some kind of plan.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="timbannock, post: 4529479, member: 17913"] Well, she's been on the business side of RPGs since the early- to mid-80s, so she does have a clue. I can't personally vouch for her playing D&D, but I'm gonna guess it might have happened at least once. And is it about money? Of course it is! TLG put love into their products, but they are also a business. Gygax Games is a business, too. There's a lot of ifs, but my guess would be that CZ goes either as systemless as possible (very hard for a product like that!), or might somehow work in a couple systems. Gygax Games didn't rule out future work with TLG either (in fact, Gail said those words almost exactly), so maybe licensing C&C is a good idea. I'm a little worried because I don't recognize the staff of Gygax Games...who are their designers and writers? If it was Mentzer or somebody like that, well, then there's hope. If it's a bunch of no-names, then...well, they better be AMAZING. Also, consider Gary's bible o' CZ...I can't imagine he wrote it in a manner that would allow it to be directly worked into the 4E mind set, so that would be a huge conversion. Not sure how that'd even work. Also, what about the CZ stuff already released? Are they going to reboot from scratch? Because that will KNOWINGLY put a ton of people off, or reduce sales of Yggsburgh Reloaded or whatever junk like that they try to put out. There's some seriously odd business decisions going on here, but Gail's been around the biz for some time, so one would think she's gotta have some kind of plan. [/QUOTE]

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