Ah, "Ratten !" is not my project, and it has no similarity with "Bunnies and
Burrows". In fact, the rats of the game are rather mean creatures - more
"World of Darkness" than "Watership Down", I think.
Unfortunately I cannot explain here what makes it special (I do not want to
clutter the thread, and I would run into language problems), but it really is
different from the average run-of-the-mill RPG.
And there I see the problem for companies like WOTC. To make the profits
they need they have to produce for the mainstream market and cannot af-
ford to take risks and make experiments. WOTC will have to ride the D&D-
"horse" until it drops dead.
This opens the doors for small companies, which can try out new ideas in
new ways (PDFs etc.), and some of these new projects will one day have
the potential to win against then outdated and dull games like D&D.
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