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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 2109676" data-attributes="member: 22882">Is it?TSR was horribly mismanaged.  Bad business practices, little understanding of the industry, ludicrous 'introductory' concepts and terrible PR from an overly vocal upper management sent the company spiraling into financial ruin.But a lot of gamers love what came out of TSR in that period.  Not 2e, per say, but the work that came out of it.ENWorld regularly extols the virtues of Planescape, though I personally can't stand it.  Dark Sun and Spelljammer each captured a very dedicated fanbase.  Al Quadim is very well thought of.  Many long for a return to the fluff-heavy sourcebooks that graced all the settings in 2e.I for one was quite fond of the Buck Rogers XXV line, even if its existence was driven by questionably ethical connections between "she who shall not be named" and the owners of that license.  I wish TSR had continued it.As a game and a business, D&D is much better off now than it was then.  But those 2e suits presided over a goodly amount of what the same gamers who curse their names consider the best role-playing inspiration D&D ever had.</blockquote>