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<blockquote data-quote="Calico_Jack73" data-source="post: 4748500" data-attributes="member: 14403"><p>As far as my lack of support for my FLGS goes it has more to do with time than anything else. In my teens and early unmarried 20's I went the the FLGS all the time. It was one of my favorite places to hang out (until I was of legal drinking age <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />). Once I got married I had less time to go to the FLGS and now as a parent I have almost none at all.</p><p> </p><p>WotC like all other businesses is competing for our dollar. White Wolf, Palladium, Chaosium, etc are their competitors. Each of them have marketing advantages... WotC just so happens to have "Brand Recognition" and "Market Dominance" as two of them. I don't play D&D because it is my favorite game, far from it. I play D&D because it is the easiest game to find a group or players for and I don't think I'd be speaking false if I said that I am sure a lot of other people feel the same way. The other companies compete with products that are dissimilar from D&D or are priced less. Besides the core rulebook most of the Palladium Fantasy RPG books are under $20. The World of Darkness books are a total setting departure and in general cost less than most WotC products. We have options to give our money to other companies yet we continue to pay more for D&D products. We have a choice and because we choose not to purchase games from a different publisher I don't see that anyone has any right to complain. If the roles were reversed and Chaosium had the greatest brand recognition and market dominance I have no doubt that WotC would try to fight back by also pricing their products differently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calico_Jack73, post: 4748500, member: 14403"] As far as my lack of support for my FLGS goes it has more to do with time than anything else. In my teens and early unmarried 20's I went the the FLGS all the time. It was one of my favorite places to hang out (until I was of legal drinking age :)). Once I got married I had less time to go to the FLGS and now as a parent I have almost none at all. WotC like all other businesses is competing for our dollar. White Wolf, Palladium, Chaosium, etc are their competitors. Each of them have marketing advantages... WotC just so happens to have "Brand Recognition" and "Market Dominance" as two of them. I don't play D&D because it is my favorite game, far from it. I play D&D because it is the easiest game to find a group or players for and I don't think I'd be speaking false if I said that I am sure a lot of other people feel the same way. The other companies compete with products that are dissimilar from D&D or are priced less. Besides the core rulebook most of the Palladium Fantasy RPG books are under $20. The World of Darkness books are a total setting departure and in general cost less than most WotC products. We have options to give our money to other companies yet we continue to pay more for D&D products. We have a choice and because we choose not to purchase games from a different publisher I don't see that anyone has any right to complain. If the roles were reversed and Chaosium had the greatest brand recognition and market dominance I have no doubt that WotC would try to fight back by also pricing their products differently. [/QUOTE]
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