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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 5426850" data-attributes="member: 59506">Taking thedungeondelver's scenario from the OP one step futher, what if Hasbro decided that WotC just wasn't worth it anymore...? <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Could you see the D&D rules frozen as is, published in one basic book or as an eternal/final Red Box, and sold under the Hasbro brand with the rest of their games (in Toys-R-Us right next to the other "novelty" games like the Ouija Board)...?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Essentially disband Wizards of the Coast and have a small part of Hasbro themself develop/release small "adventure"/"theme" boxes once or twice a year (like new versions of Trivial Pursuit or Monopoly)...?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Limit DDI to the final distilled ruleset, and continue the online service but with no more extra innovation (it just is what it is)...?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">End Dragon and Dungeon magazine once and for all...?</li> </ul>If this scenario hapened, how would it affect the "fan" community...?  The Industry...? I know I'd keep playing my own homebrew, just as most here have said they'd just keep playing their own preferred/current system - whether it be a homebrew, retro-clone, out-of-print/older edition, etc.  But even if I didn't have my homebrew, I'd keep playing whatever is available, tweaking them if necessary, but I'd play.  As much as having the right system for me is definitely part of my enjoyment of the game, in the end it's the actual "playing" that matters to me...the getting around a table with friends and participating in a creative, collaborative experience part.  I really don't see that part changing.  Over time, I could see the RPG Hobby community significantly shrinking, but never completely disapearing. I think places like ENWorld would still be here.  But, would they just morph into an online fan/cult classic community devoted to a small hobby (which really is about what we all are now), with no more focus on news (as their wouldn't be anymore D&D "News")...?  Would the industry itself change...?  What about White Wolf, Palladium, Paizo, etc...? Would the erosion/fracturing that happens with each new edition make the above scenario the only realistic way for D&D to stay in print in perpetuity...? Hmmm...it's an interesting scenario...</blockquote>

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