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<blockquote data-quote="Chiaroscuro23" data-source="post: 3524322" data-attributes="member: 15371">I'm not sure that this is actually true. Many RPG companies only make RPGs, or make them as their primary business. I think. White Wolf have published one or two card games, but their house is built on RPGs. Eden does only RPGs. Mongoose, Paizo, probably a lot more. Outside of the d20 world I'd bet most companies only do RPGs because it's all the have capital (if not interest and expertise) to do.WotC started as a card game company, but have bought several other profitable lines, including Avalon Hill and D&amp;D. When wizkids showed the world the bonanza of the CMG WotC jumped onboard, but there's no reason you can't have a profitable RPG line and a profitable CMG line. If you can get them to synergize, even better!Which is why I disagree with this:Why wouldn't you treat one section of your company as separate and demand that it justify its existence? If Star Wars RPG drives the sale of Star Wars CMG, then you might well count them together, even if you take a loss on the RPG side. But if it can support itself, why not? And if the lines are wholly separate (as GURPS and Munchkin would appear to be) presumably you'd want both to make money.Hasbro doesn't produce Dreamblade because they love cheap plastic from China, they do it because it helps their bottom line. For a small RPG company like Eos Press, they probably put out Weapons of the Gods because they love the game, but they also don't have any non-RPG products and don't need the same resources a big company needs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chiaroscuro23, post: 3524322, member: 15371"] I'm not sure that this is actually true. Many RPG companies only make RPGs, or make them as their primary business. I think. White Wolf have published one or two card games, but their house is built on RPGs. Eden does only RPGs. Mongoose, Paizo, probably a lot more. Outside of the d20 world I'd bet most companies only do RPGs because it's all the have capital (if not interest and expertise) to do. WotC started as a card game company, but have bought several other profitable lines, including Avalon Hill and D&D. When wizkids showed the world the bonanza of the CMG WotC jumped onboard, but there's no reason you can't have a profitable RPG line and a profitable CMG line. If you can get them to synergize, even better! Which is why I disagree with this: Why wouldn't you treat one section of your company as separate and demand that it justify its existence? If Star Wars RPG drives the sale of Star Wars CMG, then you might well count them together, even if you take a loss on the RPG side. But if it can support itself, why not? And if the lines are wholly separate (as GURPS and Munchkin would appear to be) presumably you'd want both to make money. Hasbro doesn't produce Dreamblade because they love cheap plastic from China, they do it because it helps their bottom line. For a small RPG company like Eos Press, they probably put out Weapons of the Gods because they love the game, but they also don't have any non-RPG products and don't need the same resources a big company needs. [/QUOTE]

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