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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 9574638" data-attributes="member: 5948">Historically ... it hasn't seemed to be that way.&nbsp; There's been many Star Wars RPGs as pointed out above.&nbsp; There's an official Marvel RPG (admittedly they missed the cultural high point of the MCU by some years).&nbsp; There was a LotR RPG at the same time as the movies were out (it was, admittedly, fairly pants).&nbsp; There was a GoT RPG at the same time the show was on.&nbsp; None of them have set the world on fire or meaningfully threatened D&amp;Ds incredibly dominant position.&nbsp; The only major genre property I can think of that HASN'T had a TTRPG is Harry Potter.D&amp;D has brand cachet of its own.&nbsp; Hell, if someone DID put a Harry Potter RPG out (as an example), the main thing their marketing budget would need to do is to explain what it actually was and how you played it - and what they'd probably resort to is saying &quot;it's like D&amp;D, but...&quot;&nbsp; And if you released a flat-out clone, in the fantasy adventures genre, then even that would be a struggle.&nbsp; You wouldn]t have anything to say after 'but...'RPGs aren't a huge market, on a global scale, and so much of it is heavily anchored to D&amp;D, that I think your scenario is a bit improbable.&nbsp; If you're REALLY trying to break D&amp;D's hold on the market by out-advertising WotC, you'd have to spend so much on advertising over such a long time that it'd pretty much outweigh any benefits you'd get, surely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 9574638, member: 5948"] Historically ... it hasn't seemed to be that way. There's been many Star Wars RPGs as pointed out above. There's an official Marvel RPG (admittedly they missed the cultural high point of the MCU by some years). There was a LotR RPG at the same time as the movies were out (it was, admittedly, fairly pants). There was a GoT RPG at the same time the show was on. None of them have set the world on fire or meaningfully threatened D&Ds incredibly dominant position. The only major genre property I can think of that HASN'T had a TTRPG is Harry Potter. D&D has brand cachet of its own. Hell, if someone DID put a Harry Potter RPG out (as an example), the main thing their marketing budget would need to do is to explain what it actually was and how you played it - and what they'd probably resort to is saying "it's like D&D, but..." And if you released a flat-out clone, in the fantasy adventures genre, then even that would be a struggle. You wouldn]t have anything to say after 'but...' RPGs aren't a huge market, on a global scale, and so much of it is heavily anchored to D&D, that I think your scenario is a bit improbable. If you're REALLY trying to break D&D's hold on the market by out-advertising WotC, you'd have to spend so much on advertising over such a long time that it'd pretty much outweigh any benefits you'd get, surely. [/QUOTE]

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