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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 2557858" data-attributes="member: 8447">I'm split on this.On the one hand, there have been very few of their books that I have picked up since the switch to 3.5 and, of those, fewer that I've really enjoyed.&nbsp; Liber Mortis is about the only one that springs to mind as a winner for me, and even there I have some strong reservations.&nbsp; Very few of my friends are really &quot;wowed&quot; by any of the WotC offerings either, but that may be mainly because most groups are self-selecting -- we all like rpgs, but we are willing to experiment with many systems and companies, etc., and all of us prefer homebrews to packaged settings, thus we are the antithesis of who WotC is catering to.On the other hand, of course, there are sales.&nbsp; D&amp;D IS roleplaying games.&nbsp; It outsells all others, period.&nbsp; People have been picking up the minis almost like people used to pick up Magic (and much like M:tG, I know more people who collect than actively use the minis).&nbsp; My FLGS says that rpg sales are down in general, but amongst rpgs the WotC stuff accounts for 60% of his sales.&nbsp; All the rest of them combined make up 40% and he is thinking of dropping some of low-selling lines (Heroes, Palladium, etc.).&nbsp; So I don't think I'd say they are going through a &quot;rough patch&quot;.&nbsp; Instead I think there is simply a certain amount of fall-away amongst certain types of gamers.&nbsp; Compared to other companies in the &quot;industry&quot; they are doing okay; compared to my tastes they are not, but that is an entirely separate matter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 2557858, member: 8447"] I'm split on this. On the one hand, there have been very few of their books that I have picked up since the switch to 3.5 and, of those, fewer that I've really enjoyed. [I]Liber Mortis[/I] is about the only one that springs to mind as a winner for me, and even there I have some strong reservations. Very few of my friends are really "wowed" by any of the WotC offerings either, but that may be mainly because most groups are self-selecting -- we all like rpgs, but we are willing to experiment with many systems and companies, etc., and all of us prefer homebrews to packaged settings, thus we are the antithesis of who WotC is catering to. On the other hand, of course, there are sales. D&D IS roleplaying games. It outsells all others, period. People have been picking up the minis almost like people used to pick up [I]Magic[/I] (and much like M:tG, I know more people who collect than actively use the minis). My FLGS says that rpg sales are down in general, but amongst rpgs the WotC stuff accounts for 60% of his sales. All the rest of them combined make up 40% and he is thinking of dropping some of low-selling lines (Heroes, Palladium, etc.). So I don't think I'd say they are going through a "rough patch". Instead I think there is simply a certain amount of fall-away amongst certain types of gamers. Compared to other companies in the "industry" they are doing okay; compared to my tastes they are not, but that is an entirely separate matter. [/QUOTE]

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