woodelf wrote:

> 
> 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.
> 
> 

The more games that are out there which are D20 based, the better the 
odds any new player will begin with a D20 based game -- and thus buy a 
PHB. Also, people who don't play D&D might still find a use for 
D20-based products from WOTC.

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