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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 6580369" data-attributes="member: 545">I think you are on the right track here.If you cannot bring an attractive business model to the project, it makes it all the harder to find the right partner.&nbsp; I am still stuck on what the heck the business plan would look like.&quot;We would be lucky to sell 50,000 of these for $25.&nbsp; And we need a cool $1 million (or maybe more if we support it) or the project is doomed from the start.&quot;&quot;Wonderful!&nbsp;&nbsp; Where do I sign?&nbsp; Oh, hmmm.&nbsp; On second thoughts, put in the contract that we can cancel so that we can cut our losses at no more than a million.&quot;&quot;Great.&nbsp; That will make it easy to hire the A Team.&nbsp; Potential partners will be lining up around the block, for sure.&quot;When compared to a generic RPG game app, D&amp;D is a very fussy beast.&nbsp; A&nbsp; team with the right skill to succeed are people who are already writing RPG games, most likely.&nbsp; Maybe they are not making a mint there either, but WotC is not going to shower them with cash.&nbsp; But it is problably more fun to not deal with a the headaches of a complex game system someone else created, especially if you are not allowed to decide where to cut corners on the rules.&nbsp; &quot;Can't we just re-write that rule?&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Nope.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 6580369, member: 545"] I think you are on the right track here. If you cannot bring an attractive business model to the project, it makes it all the harder to find the right partner. I am still stuck on what the heck the business plan would look like. "We would be lucky to sell 50,000 of these for $25. And we need a cool $1 million (or maybe more if we support it) or the project is doomed from the start." "Wonderful! Where do I sign? Oh, hmmm. On second thoughts, put in the contract that we can cancel so that we can cut our losses at no more than a million." "Great. That will make it easy to hire the A Team. Potential partners will be lining up around the block, for sure." When compared to a generic RPG game app, D&D is a very fussy beast. A team with the right skill to succeed are people who are already writing RPG games, most likely. Maybe they are not making a mint there either, but WotC is not going to shower them with cash. But it is problably more fun to not deal with a the headaches of a complex game system someone else created, especially if you are not allowed to decide where to cut corners on the rules. "Can't we just re-write that rule?" "Nope." [/QUOTE]

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