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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 6218107" data-attributes="member: 221">As for stewards of the hobby, let me just put in my 2 cents. The "steward" of the hobby is going to be the company or companies who, through the market, successfully capture the imagination of the customer base and, by virtue of their success, keep the hobby going. WotC was, at one time, the undisputed steward of the hobby. Personally, I think they flubbed it in a rather big way. But the market answered and others (one of which was Paizo) moved in to help keep things going in a rather big way. The rpg gaming community is not dying. But we do not currently have a single "steward." We have two primary companies vying for market leadership and both are, in their own way, "stewards." This encourages me, because it means the gaming hobby is healthier than to require a single steward or company to keep it going and there are some talented people out there who love the hobby, love the history of the game(s), and who have the wherewithal to put out good products. I'm not sure I want a single "steward" of the hobby.  I think it far better for a robust market to, through competition, continue to promote excellence in gaming.Now, on the other hand, I will like it better when the older dungeons and dragons products become public domain, and, if WotC wanted to really show their appreciation for the history and legacy of the game, in my opinion, they would take more steps to preserve the classic modules and make them available once more to the public. Though their recent return to selling them as PDFs was a very encouraging sign.</blockquote>

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