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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7733674" data-attributes="member: 2525">That is the topic we were discussing. Thank you for restating it. Paizo got noticed through 1) a licensing deal (Dungeon and Dragon) and then 2) the OGL. They did not get noticed through a forum like DMs Guild, which did not exist, and has never been particularly conducive to the sort of mass "official" recognition that comes with a magazine deal followed by free publishing under the OGL.As for the rest of your points, I agree. Another Paizo is rather unlikely unless WOTC messes up 5e or 6e. But, in the unlikely chance there is to be a Next Piazo, it's even less likely to come through the DMs Guild, regardless of this corporate logo cover issue with DMs Guild.  I think individual authors can use the DMs Guild to get noticed, but I just don't think small press companies will be able to use DMs Guild as a good launching point to build something like a Next Paizo, and that goes for with or without their corporate logos on the covers of the tiny thumbnails of the covers on DMsGuild.  With rare exceptions (which don't include logos) DMs Guild is simply not built to promote company branding in general, other than the WOTC company.</blockquote>