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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2130630" data-attributes="member: 14159">Yeah, the only thing that was "good" about TSR was that they tried to produce so much stuff (including a huge number of lame introductory products), sanitize the core materials and produce go-nowhere products so much that they weren't paying attention when the writers got actual creative ideas so they weren't there to squash them.  The success of Planescape, Al Qadim, Dark Sun and such wasn't so much because of TSR, as it was in spite of them, because they were off thinking that the "next big thing" that needed their attention was Dragon Quest, First Quest, or Buck Rogers XXV.WotC needs to be mindful of TSR's failings and know that if they are foolish it could happen to them  The moral of the tale of TSR is that no company in gaming is so powerful that it can ignore it's fans and ignore it's own products.  However. they are the exact opposite of TSR with their relations with fans and other gaming companies, they've been pretty good about keeping to their core business (almost to a zealous extent, notice the lack of support for their non D&D games) and they haven't launched any gimmicky product lines like SAGA or Dragon Dice.</blockquote>