> Hey, Clark---
> 
> Does Necromancer Games re-use stuff from SSS and
> other larger publishers?

I have used stuff from CC and RR with some frequency.
But of course I am the listed copyright holder on
that, so getting permission is pretty easy :) I use my
own Tome of Horrors stuff, obviously. 

> Heck, has anyone done comparative sales volumes of
> products that do and 
> do not link to each other?  (COULD this even be
> done?)

To my knowledge there is no evidence that our "market
externalities" drive the sale of other d20 products;
unlike the way our products drive WotC core books. But
even there I am skeptical as to how much we drive core
books today. In the beginning I think we (meaning d20
in general) were key to helping 3E be adopted. But I
dont know how many more PHBs we sell for them today.

As for open and closed sales, here is an example: Our
product Necropolis, which is mostly closed due to
licensed use, and Tome of Horrors, which is totally
open with instructions for reuse, are very similar in
their market performance as far as hitting estimated
goals. If openness had any relevance, Necropolis would
have been below norm and Tome would have been way
above. That wasnt the case. A product is either cool
and desirable or it isnt. How you designated OGC has
almost nothing to do with that.

Clark

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