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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 384806" data-attributes="member: 63"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; With the current stress and strain regarding trolls overstaying their welcome, bear in mind that, if this thread is a troll, the folks here will probably rip you to pieces for starting a hideous rumor.If you're not trollin', no worries.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />If it's true, that'll be a shame.&nbsp; Sure, monopolies aren't fun, but in a small hobby like this, having a large company controlling a lot of games makes it a lot easier to have a central focus.&nbsp; When WotC was at its height and in favor with lots of gamers, every gaming store (and many normal book stores) had RPG books, card games, dice, and all kinds of other gaming nifties.&nbsp; If WotC gets filleted like a nice sea bass on Iron Chef, then there might be a temporary falling off of the access games have to non-gamer folks.If WotC was good at anything (heck, there were good at lots of things, but I digress), it was producing and marketing big hits.&nbsp; Everyone in the US knows about Pokemon, and probably a large number of people are familiar with Magic, the gateway game to RPGs for many.&nbsp; Here's hoping that, if a sell off does happen, whoever takes the reigns of the different games knows how to keep them in the public eye.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 384806, member: 63"] :D With the current stress and strain regarding trolls overstaying their welcome, bear in mind that, if this thread is a troll, the folks here will probably rip you to pieces for starting a hideous rumor. If you're not trollin', no worries. ;) If it's true, that'll be a shame. Sure, monopolies aren't fun, but in a small hobby like this, having a large company controlling a lot of games makes it a lot easier to have a central focus. When WotC was at its height and in favor with lots of gamers, every gaming store (and many normal book stores) had RPG books, card games, dice, and all kinds of other gaming nifties. If WotC gets filleted like a nice sea bass on [i]Iron Chef[/i], then there might be a temporary falling off of the access games have to non-gamer folks. If WotC was good at anything (heck, there were good at lots of things, but I digress), it was producing and marketing big hits. Everyone in the US knows about Pokemon, and probably a large number of people are familiar with Magic, the gateway game to RPGs for many. Here's hoping that, if a sell off does happen, whoever takes the reigns of the different games knows how to keep them in the public eye. [/QUOTE]

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