Does Wizards of the Coast want to destroy competition in the gaming industry?
The company would like to see the number of widely distributed roleplaying game systems reduced. There are people who see these two objectives as synonyms. There are real-world examples that prove that not to be the case. There are numerous examples of successful, thriving publishers who focus on making products that are compatible with other game systems. Having a “house system” is not a requirement for being a roleplaying game publisher, despite the fact that those two ideas have gone hand-in-hand for nearly two decades. The company believes that this is a market where diversity is more harmful than beneficial. The competition in the tabletop RPG category will (if the OGL/d20 strategy is successful) shift from producing competitive RPG systems to producing competitive RPG products that share a common system.
