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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 8305840" data-attributes="member: 11760">Reading through Art &amp; Arcana, there's definitely a sense that to the extent there was a business plan, it wasn't a great one.Every line will get X supplements, period? (Unless they sell really well, in which case they'll get more.) What if the line tanks? Why are you still cranking them out?What's the goal in publishing a new line? A new niche? Support a new novel? Appease someone powerful within the organization?I grew up playing in Greyhawk and read the Dragonlance novels, but I have a hard time understanding why those had to keep going once the Forgotten Realms ended up being a runaway freight train. I get why some fans wanted them to keep going, but TSR wasn't a charity.If they were producing what made the most financial sense for the company (no Buck Rogers line, for instance, no matter who owned the rights), they likely wouldn't have gotten themselves in the mess they did.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 8305840, member: 11760"] Reading through Art & Arcana, there's definitely a sense that to the extent there was a business plan, it wasn't a great one. Every line will get X supplements, period? (Unless they sell really well, in which case they'll get more.) What if the line tanks? Why are you still cranking them out? What's the goal in publishing a new line? A new niche? Support a new novel? Appease someone powerful within the organization? I grew up playing in Greyhawk and read the Dragonlance novels, but I have a hard time understanding why those had to keep going once the Forgotten Realms ended up being a runaway freight train. I get why some [I]fans[/I] wanted them to keep going, but TSR wasn't a charity. If they were producing what made the most financial sense for the company (no Buck Rogers line, for instance, no matter who owned the rights), they likely wouldn't have gotten themselves in the mess they did. [/QUOTE]

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