If this is true, then I may relent a little and play 4e D&D the Boardgame* on weekends when my regular gaming group can't get together to play our old Pathfinder barbarians campaign.ДЄnd this may actually HELP D&D not die on their end (which is the first smart thing I've seen WotC do for D&D since they picked it up). I've also noticed a flicker of interest in companies like Atlas Games and Paizo, which have now mentioned to the playtesters and editors that there may be a forray into the 4e license. They plan to rename their d20 3.x stuff into 3rd Era (since WotC is retiring the d20 logo and name). One example that leads me to believe this is the case is that the unrelenting Green Ronin Publishing is now moving quite happily into the 4e realm. While he said nothing concrete, I do believe that the GSL is being eased to allow 3rd party vendors to make products in both the 3.x and 4e licenses. Just had a chat with Scott Rouse, who submitted the revisions to the GSL and SRD in regards to 3.5 and 4e D&D. Word of Caution: The members of my forum are very xenophobic and very vulgar. (I'd cut and paste the original text into this thread, but there's a disclaimer on the last page of the shareholder booklet saying that reproduction of report is not allowed, so I summarized) Brian Goldner even seems to chime in that areas in Hasbro that are under-performing will be re-evaluated and dropped if necessary to preserve the Hasbro profit margin. Which have both sold less copies than anticipated (or their previous incarnations), and 3rd party support has basically evaporated. The way they worded the section on Wizards of the Coast has been disappointing in terms of their new releases, including the new Star Wars SAGA and 4e D&D products. I do know that was a critical point for D&D, though. Or it could be they are totally dropping Heroscape, although I'm not sure how that ties into anything happening in October. Or - 3.x supporters be happy - possibly the OGL will be revised to disregard the forced move from 3.x to 4e to draw 3rd party support back to D&D. So, all 4e enthusiasts should probably be slightly prepared that something ugly may happen to D&D as it is now. There's a section on it, discussing the re-organization of Wizards of the Coast, and possibly the cutting of a top licensed product that started losing money in October of 2008 (which is not named). Hasbro's report shows a large LOSS in the area of Wizards of the Coast. Also, great sales in Transformer and other action figure toys. While Hasbro profits are up, it is showing mostly in the Toy sales area, and in their game licenses for things such as Trivia Pursuit and Battleship.

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