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With 3E came the idea to create an open source community of third party publishers. Whose idea was this and what was the rationale behind it?
ОглавлениеIt was the business manager of D&D at the time, Ryan Dancey, who pioneered that concept, modeled on open source computer software development. The idea was that more support for D&D ultimately led to more D&D sales. Even if you bought a third party supplement, you still needed the D&D core books. Plus, if a third party supplement kept you playing the game a bit longer, and brought you into the game shop a few more times, you were that much more likely to buy another D&D product.
