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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eyebeams" data-source="post: 3349668" data-attributes="member: 9225">The "minis economy" doesn't rely on the D&D *RPG.* If it did, WotC would sell minis under a model designed to support the RPG and the minis handbook would be the "4th corebook" it was originally presented as at GTS 2003 (how soon people forget . . .).But the Rules Compendium is supposed to include revisions culled from Sage Advice and other sources, which makes it just as much of a core update as 3.5. The fact that changes to the D20 engine can be expressed more succintly than individual plugins like classes and spells doesn't change the significance of it. If it's "necessary," then it becomes a major release that many, many people will buy, extending the life of the RPG.It is interesting that WotC is conflating the minis and RPG ends of the brand when presenting info, though. This matches Hasbro's 2005 annual and 2006 4th Q reports, which barely mention D&D and emphasize WotC as a cards, minis and book publishing concern.</blockquote>