> > I'd be curious to hear whether you think Wizards would be more or >less happy >> with projects like the upcoming T20 Traveller release. It ties the d20 >> system to an entirely different set of IP that is not dependent on the D&D >> universe. Given that there are already several versions of Traveller out >> there, the only reason I can see for a gamer to buy T20 is if they already >> own a PHB (excepting those ambitious folks who simply buy everything). I >> don't see much upside for Wizards in this equation, but if you do I'd love >> to hear it. >> > >It means that Traveller players might end up buying the PHB and T20 if >they can't convince other gamers in the area to learn one of the >existing incarnations of Traveller. I know that if Weird Wars had used >the Pinnacle system, I would probably not have bought it; as it is, I >bought it and managed to run a fun one-shot with it. It also means that >WOTC could end up with a good crossover business with D20 Modern, >depending on how compatible the systems end up being.
but, you already owned a D&D3E PH, right? would you have bought one, in *order* to play Weird Wars? i can definitely see D20 versions of games getting gamers to try them that wouldn't have if the system were new. but that doesn't sell more for WotC. i doubt anybody who both wouldn't have bought Traveller and wouldn't have bought D&D will now do either (much less both) because of a D20 version of Traveller. it has definite potential for improving the gaming community and industry (if non-D&D D20 games serve as a bridge to non-D20 games, causing some portion of the formerly D&D-only crowd to become customers of multiple games), but i don't see how these non-D&D D20 games help WotC. -- woodelf <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://webpages.charter.net/woodelph/ If any religion is right, maybe they all have to be right. Maybe God doesn't care how you say your prayers, just as long as you say them. --Sinclair _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
