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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shadzar" data-source="post: 5426454" data-attributes="member: 6667746">You ask to keep the edition war out, but then sort of start it yourself due to neglect, but that is all i will say about that.*Effectively, this has already happened for me; but they don't "write adventures and sell rulebooks" even.I am still playing D&D as i have for going on 30 years, and own maybe 5 books with a WotC logo from around 1999.*TSR DID in fact say that's it at AD&D. I know they had a 3rd edition in the works, but even if they didnt get bought, management would have never got around to putting it out...but that is another thread, and 16 probably already exist on these forums about that.I think this thread is about would you stop playing if you had nothing new to buy, and no I would not.All proprietary material you ever needed was 3 books, and once that material was set nothing can change that to require more, or the players are likely to "what if we just quit buying games that need us more than we need the things in the game."In regards to the edition fatique concept and thread...i hate to say, but this "what if" you present would probably be the best option for them. Run D&D with a skeleton crew compared to what is there. No major designers need to be payed since nothing major is being designed. Hire freelance artists for commisioned work or have contests for people to submit things that might get published and get there name in the D&D history.Better yet, they could become their own Random House, and jsut have the editors and such and take all submissions, and just decide what to use to print and what gets "D&D" logo stuck on it. Would reduce their costs greatly, then allow them to pass htose saving on to the customer and be able to capture a larger market by having a cheaper product that many others wouldnt be able to compete with.Think I've gone off track...but I would still play as I still do.</blockquote>

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