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<blockquote data-quote="airwalkrr" data-source="post: 5494841" data-attributes="member: 12460"><p>Wow, I haven't been so quoted in a long time, let alone "mentioned" in a thread. Let me add some background so that maybe some of you understand where I am coming from.</p><p></p><p>Right now, in my FLGS there are more RPGs on the shelves than there are sourcebooks for the entire 4e library. That means take all the sourcebooks for 4e, including adventures, that have been published by WotC so far and add them up. Then walk around the store and look for individual titles for RPGs, unique systems. What you will find (in my FLGS at least) is that the sheer quantity of RPGs <em>in print</em> outnumbers the number of sourcebooks for the single most popular system in play currently.</p><p></p><p>Another interesting phenomenon you will find is that there is a nice big bulletin board at my FLGS for people looking for games. You can tack up a post-it with your contact information and the kind of game you are looking to play. There are roughly 20 post-its up right now that have been there for the last six months and I have contacted ALL of them. I have not, thus far, met a single person who wants to play anything other than the game system they specifically posted for. The vast majority of them have told me they still don't have groups. Of those, most would rather play the system they prefer or nothing at all.</p><p></p><p>Now I am not going to disparage people for wanting to have a choice in the game they play. Capitalism, for the most part is a good thing in that profit motive creates variety. And there may be a fair number of decent RPGs out there. I've played a number of them simply in an attempt to meet new players. But the market is flooded with RPG systems right now. And the desire for someone to want to get their money's worth on a product they invested in is very real. From what I have seen, too many cooks are spoiling the broth that is roleplaying.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I am completely wrong. But trying to get a group of more than 2-3 people together to play one game in the city where I live (which has a population of over 1 million) is like pulling teeth. It takes a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, and when you're done it leaves you feeling sore. Ultimately the only options there are in my city if you want to play with more than 2-3 people seems to be organized play through the RPGA or Pathfinder Society. Everyone who can't compromise on one of those two games is left with a product they paid for, but nobody else wants to play because everyone else paid for another product that appealed to them personally. Roleplaying is a niche hobby. It is being divided by too many games.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I won't be picking up DCC the RPG. It's an unnecessary product in a market flooded with similar products. They can try to capitalize on their success with the DCC modules and the good name they've built for themselves, but I have a dire prediction in store for them. Maybe we'll have another Paizo, but I rather doubt it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="airwalkrr, post: 5494841, member: 12460"] Wow, I haven't been so quoted in a long time, let alone "mentioned" in a thread. Let me add some background so that maybe some of you understand where I am coming from. Right now, in my FLGS there are more RPGs on the shelves than there are sourcebooks for the entire 4e library. That means take all the sourcebooks for 4e, including adventures, that have been published by WotC so far and add them up. Then walk around the store and look for individual titles for RPGs, unique systems. What you will find (in my FLGS at least) is that the sheer quantity of RPGs [I]in print[/I] outnumbers the number of sourcebooks for the single most popular system in play currently. Another interesting phenomenon you will find is that there is a nice big bulletin board at my FLGS for people looking for games. You can tack up a post-it with your contact information and the kind of game you are looking to play. There are roughly 20 post-its up right now that have been there for the last six months and I have contacted ALL of them. I have not, thus far, met a single person who wants to play anything other than the game system they specifically posted for. The vast majority of them have told me they still don't have groups. Of those, most would rather play the system they prefer or nothing at all. Now I am not going to disparage people for wanting to have a choice in the game they play. Capitalism, for the most part is a good thing in that profit motive creates variety. And there may be a fair number of decent RPGs out there. I've played a number of them simply in an attempt to meet new players. But the market is flooded with RPG systems right now. And the desire for someone to want to get their money's worth on a product they invested in is very real. From what I have seen, too many cooks are spoiling the broth that is roleplaying. Maybe I am completely wrong. But trying to get a group of more than 2-3 people together to play one game in the city where I live (which has a population of over 1 million) is like pulling teeth. It takes a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, and when you're done it leaves you feeling sore. Ultimately the only options there are in my city if you want to play with more than 2-3 people seems to be organized play through the RPGA or Pathfinder Society. Everyone who can't compromise on one of those two games is left with a product they paid for, but nobody else wants to play because everyone else paid for another product that appealed to them personally. Roleplaying is a niche hobby. It is being divided by too many games. Anyway, I won't be picking up DCC the RPG. It's an unnecessary product in a market flooded with similar products. They can try to capitalize on their success with the DCC modules and the good name they've built for themselves, but I have a dire prediction in store for them. Maybe we'll have another Paizo, but I rather doubt it. [/QUOTE]
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