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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Warmage-in-Onley" data-source="post: 1812050" data-attributes="member: 23244">I find myself agreeing with Zander's editorial, WotC should remain connected to classic fantasy (it's classic for a reason). What I worry about in Dragon editor's letters is the focus on attracting a much wider gaming audience. That's the demand of the corporate owners of our hobby. For WotC (and Hasbro) it's about money, every so often they must publish and market to justify their existence. Campaign settings and monster books will not stop coming and affecting the rest of WotC's products (see how many Eberron crittters are in the Aberrations minis). We have a symbiotic relationship with WotC, they produce and we buy. What I wonder is how much of WotC's customer base is really brand new to rpg's and how much is old-school AD&D and how much product each group buys respectively. From my experience it appears the old-schoolers are the ones laying out the bucks and new players come in much slower (it's an expensive hobby, and new players probably aren't as committed to its expense as WotC's production schedule would have you believe). Us old grognards will continue to gripe, WotC will continue to try to woo new players, and I hope the whole thing doesn't completely unravel before I get to 20th level!P.S. And another substandard D&D movie will not attract new followers.</blockquote>