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<blockquote data-quote="Alan Shutko" data-source="post: 5770395" data-attributes="member: 23694">That's the million dollar question, isn't it?&nbsp; Paizo seems to do well with their focus on story over rules. They sell both, but they sell lots and lots more adventures, campaign settings, etc than they sell rules.&nbsp; WotC sold both, but sold lots more rules than story.&nbsp; (And, imho, their story was poorly executed.)Personally, I am a sucker for good story. I'll buy good story even if it has no meaningful relationship with the rules I'm running.&nbsp; It also seems like there's more room to keep developing new stories, or variations on stories.&nbsp; Hollywood has been doing it for decades.Other RPG publishers have a business model where rules don't change much, but the way they make it work is they are very small, employ few people, and don't release a lot at once. Call of Cthulhu has survived with very minor changes for many years, but I don't think they have enough product to satisfy the WotC revenue model.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alan Shutko, post: 5770395, member: 23694"] That's the million dollar question, isn't it? Paizo seems to do well with their focus on story over rules. They sell both, but they sell lots and lots more adventures, campaign settings, etc than they sell rules. WotC sold both, but sold lots more rules than story. (And, imho, their story was poorly executed.) Personally, I am a sucker for good story. I'll buy good story even if it has no meaningful relationship with the rules I'm running. It also seems like there's more room to keep developing new stories, or variations on stories. Hollywood has been doing it for decades. Other RPG publishers have a business model where rules don't change much, but the way they make it work is they are very small, employ few people, and don't release a lot at once. Call of Cthulhu has survived with very minor changes for many years, but I don't think they have enough product to satisfy the WotC revenue model. [/QUOTE]

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