> woodelf
>
> i've seen nothing yet to convince me that the underlying
> system in D&D3E is ownable, therefore i see no reason to reward WotC
> when another game uses it.
Never mind that it was Wizards who spent the money to develop it, eh?
> oh, and i may have asked this on this list before (but i think it was
> elsewhere), so forgive me if so: do you really think they're going to
> sell any appreciable number of D&D3E PHs *because* of other D20
> games? so far,in my admittedly very limited experience, i don't know
> anyone who has bought a PH solely for a non-D&D game.
I doubt this will happen much, but that was expected. The 'network effect'
theory that the d20 Brand is based on was designed to let third parties play
in Wizards' pool, not to leverage the D&D brand into other people's existing
system. The idea is that the d20 System network has the largest player
base, so it is advantageous for third parties to tap into it. The only
benefit Wizards sees is that there are fewer competing systems, so it brings
more people into the fold, so to speak.
The gamers who play games that aren't d20 will become an even smaller
minority as the network effect takes over and game publishers move to
capitalize on the size of the d20 System player base (that's the theory
anyway). I'm not saying I agree or disagree, I'm just explaining how I see
it.
-Brad
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