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<blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 4669925" data-attributes="member: 20854">Re: TSR, Profitability, and &quot;Dueling Product Lines&quot;I suspect that the separate AD&amp;D and D&amp;D lines were not a significant factor in TSR's financial problems.&nbsp; I think things like &quot;warehouses full of Dragon Dice&quot; and similar poor business decisions (over-production of this or that product, too many resources squandered on failed lines like Buck Rodgers, etc) were the real source of the problem.&nbsp; Without access to the actual data, it's all guesswork, though.Re: WotC supporting older editionsFirst, I think it's awesome that WotC sells PDFs of some of the old stuff.&nbsp; I wish some of the scans were better, and I wish that more were available (e.g. where are the 1981 Basic &amp; Expert books?), but I'm grateful they are legally available at all.Second, I'd love to see some of the older books in print -- even on a print-on-demand basis.Beyond that, though, I don't particular care about &quot;support&quot; (i.e. new modules, adventures, and supplements) from WotC for older editions.&nbsp; Frankly, I think the hobbyist community is more &quot;in tune&quot; with the preferences of those who play out-of-print D&amp;D (especially the older TSR editions), and can provide better material than WotC would.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Philotomy Jurament, post: 4669925, member: 20854"] [b]Re: TSR, Profitability, and "Dueling Product Lines"[/b] I suspect that the separate AD&D and D&D lines were not a significant factor in TSR's financial problems. I think things like "warehouses full of Dragon Dice" and similar poor business decisions (over-production of this or that product, too many resources squandered on failed lines like Buck Rodgers, etc) were the real source of the problem. Without access to the actual data, it's all guesswork, though. [b]Re: WotC supporting older editions[/b] First, I think it's awesome that WotC sells PDFs of some of the old stuff. I wish some of the scans were better, and I wish that more were available (e.g. where are the 1981 Basic & Expert books?), but I'm grateful they are legally available at all. Second, I'd love to see some of the older books in print -- even on a print-on-demand basis. Beyond that, though, I don't particular care about "support" (i.e. new modules, adventures, and supplements) from WotC for older editions. Frankly, I think the hobbyist community is more "in tune" with the preferences of those who play out-of-print D&D (especially the older TSR editions), and can provide better material than WotC would. [/QUOTE]

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