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<blockquote data-quote="Count_Zero" data-source="post: 7807788" data-attributes="member: 40164">The Decipher license was hamstrung by (IIRC) being limited to the material contained in the films and the first three books.The Cubicle 7 license came around after most bookstores stopped carrying RPGs, which, if you want to improve visibility to expand the market (before the existence of RPG streams like Critical Role*), is big place where you want to stock your books. Alternatively, you want a beginner box that you can theoretically have stocked in Target (and can otherwise introduce new players to the game), but I don't think they have that either.I don't know how the Tolkein license works behind the scenes at Cubicle 7, but if I was in charge of the line, I'd make sure we'd got the clearances with the Tolkein estate to have a beginner's box ready by the time the Amazon series comes out. And if that wasn't the option, I'd be looking to partner with someone like Geek and Sundry to have a future campaign of either The One Ring or Adventures in Middle Earth streaming on their service.*Yes, I know we're all supposed to hate Critical Role because of all those damn noobs with high expectations that they lead to our D&amp;D tables, but it and streams like it got a significant number of people to pick up D&amp;D - and I suspect similar streams like Geek &amp; Sundry's Star Trek and Vampire streams have helped those games as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Count_Zero, post: 7807788, member: 40164"] The Decipher license was hamstrung by (IIRC) being limited to the material contained in the films and the first three books. The Cubicle 7 license came around after most bookstores stopped carrying RPGs, which, if you want to improve visibility to expand the market (before the existence of RPG streams like Critical Role*), is big place where you want to stock your books. Alternatively, you want a beginner box that you can theoretically have stocked in Target (and can otherwise introduce new players to the game), but I don't think they have that either. I don't know how the Tolkein license works behind the scenes at Cubicle 7, but if I was in charge of the line, I'd make sure we'd got the clearances with the Tolkein estate to have a beginner's box [I]ready[/I] by the time the Amazon series comes out. And if that wasn't the option, I'd be looking to partner with someone like Geek and Sundry to have a future campaign of either The One Ring or Adventures in Middle Earth streaming on their service. *Yes, I know we're all supposed to hate Critical Role because of all those damn noobs with high expectations that they lead to our D&D tables, but it and streams like it got a significant number of people to pick up D&D - and I suspect similar streams like Geek & Sundry's Star Trek and Vampire streams have helped those games as well. [/QUOTE]

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