The Monkees most lucrative venture the three had ever seen in their days as the Monkees, far surpassing the money they had made in the 1960s. Nesmith had little financial need to join in Monkees-related projects, mostly as his mother Bette Nesmith Graham was the inventor of Liquid Paper, leaving Nesmith an inheritance of over $25 million upon her death in 1980. A new album by the touring trio, "Pool It!" (the Monkees' tenth), appeared the following year and was a moderate success. From 1986 to 1989, the Monkees would conduct major concert tours in the United States, Australia, Japan, and Europe.
Bruce Nesmith Team was later expanded to also include Margaret Weis, Douglas Niles, Bruce Nesmith, Mike Breault, Roger Moore, Laura Hickman, Linda Bakk, Michael Dobson and Garry Spiegle. Nesmith designed "" (1990), which extended the ideas behind the Hickmans' original "Ravenloft" adventure and sought to make "AD&D" competitive with games like "Call of Cthulhu" and "Chill". Nesmith and Andria Hayday designed the "DragonStrike" board game, which was published by TSR, Inc. His other design work for "D&D" includes "The War Rafts of Kron" (1984), "Sabre River" (1984), "Dragons of Desolation" (1984), "Master Player Screen Featuring The Spindle" (1985), "The Book of Lairs