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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 4544473" data-attributes="member: 22424">I suspect that it would be the end of the game.If WotC went dark with D&amp;D, they'd have to lay off pretty much everyone involved in the game. But then, if everyone's gone, who's left with the passion to ensure that the game is revived? After all, it's not significant enough a property for Hasbro to even notice it, and if all the people who worked on it are now gone or re-assigned...?With D&amp;D gone, most people who currently play would continue to play, but very little new blood would come into the hobby. Over time, attrition would lead to the hobby shrinking, and eventually dying.(There is another scenario I can see playing out - it goes dark for ten years, and then someone at Hasbro who happens to be a keen ex-gamer sees that they own the rights, decides to push for a new edition, and it suddenly has a huge revival. But that's very unlikely, I think.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 4544473, member: 22424"] I suspect that it would be the end of the game. If WotC went dark with D&D, they'd have to lay off pretty much everyone involved in the game. But then, if everyone's gone, who's left with the passion to ensure that the game is revived? After all, it's not significant enough a property for Hasbro to even notice it, and if all the people who worked on it are now gone or re-assigned...? With D&D gone, most people who currently play would continue to play, but very little new blood would come into the hobby. Over time, attrition would lead to the hobby shrinking, and eventually dying. (There is another scenario I can see playing out - it goes dark for ten years, and then someone at Hasbro who happens to be a keen ex-gamer sees that they own the rights, decides to push for a new edition, and it suddenly has a huge revival. But that's very unlikely, I think.) [/QUOTE]

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