Roleplay Life

In the beginning, I was doing a lot of gaming news reporting. After a while, I realized that’s not what I wanted to do with this site, and that there’s other sites that do it better. So I haven’t been watching the gaming news as closely. Going over old news, it looks like Topps has closed off WizKids, who owns the rights to Battletech and Shadowrun. Catalyst Game Labs still has a license, but they’ve made a move to purchase these two intellectual properties, and I hope they can pull it off.

With this news, I’m going to a little Nostradamus, and make a prediction. I predict that 4ed will be the last edition of D&D produced by Wizards of the Coast, or Wizards of the Coasts under Hasbro. There may be a 4.5, but I don’t think they’ll go beyond that. I don’t think a large company like Hasbro has the commitment to do a product like D&D well, hence all the erratas and bugs in the game.

My guess for who could take over the brand after WotC would be Paizo. They look the most ready to take over the line if someone had to.

I’m no good with crazy vague poetry, so I couldn’t go full Nostradamus. (”the golems shall take the dungeons from the wizards on the shore, and there they shall dwell with the dragons “). Feel free to add predictions in the comments below.

It looks like I won’t have to go another DunDraCon without a copy of Anima - Beyond Fantasy. My copy arrived yesterday from Amazon. I’ve only briefly flipped through it, but it looks nice and is in great condition. The pricing at Amazon is great, but the availability isn’t  (1 to 2 months for delivery). You’re probably better off ordering directly from Fantasy Flight Games.