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I really don't think it should be called the "ORC license"
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<blockquote data-quote="deganawida" data-source="post: 8914585" data-attributes="member: 67836"><p>Back to the the health of the industry BitD, I experienced similar to [USER=29398]@Lanefan[/USER] when at Mercer University in Central Georgia. This was in the mid- to late-90s. D&D was practically dead. I think that I was the only person purchasing D&D materials at my local comic shop, and that was primarily Birthright stuff or DragonLance Fifth Age. Everything else was WoD, M:TG, and, surprisingly, Dragon Dice. My best friend in SE GA was in an epic Palladium Fantasy campaign, but also did Magic, and Ultima Online. I had some folks I knew at Mercer who only did 1st Edition, but everyone else was into the aforementioned alternatives or Diablo (which was also huge in the late 90s; let’s not forget that TSR did a Diablo sourcebook).</p><p></p><p>I first learned of 3rd edition by picking up a Dragon magazine at Barnes & Noble, of all places. No one else in Macon was selling them. </p><p></p><p>D&D was in a horrible place at the time. Earthdawn was outselling it amongst my circle of friends at the comic shop. That said, I had some younger friends (college aged) who fell in love with AD&D due to BG1 and IWD, so the hobby wasn’t completely without hope. That said, it was a very dark time to be a D&D player.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deganawida, post: 8914585, member: 67836"] Back to the the health of the industry BitD, I experienced similar to [USER=29398]@Lanefan[/USER] when at Mercer University in Central Georgia. This was in the mid- to late-90s. D&D was practically dead. I think that I was the only person purchasing D&D materials at my local comic shop, and that was primarily Birthright stuff or DragonLance Fifth Age. Everything else was WoD, M:TG, and, surprisingly, Dragon Dice. My best friend in SE GA was in an epic Palladium Fantasy campaign, but also did Magic, and Ultima Online. I had some folks I knew at Mercer who only did 1st Edition, but everyone else was into the aforementioned alternatives or Diablo (which was also huge in the late 90s; let’s not forget that TSR did a Diablo sourcebook). I first learned of 3rd edition by picking up a Dragon magazine at Barnes & Noble, of all places. No one else in Macon was selling them. D&D was in a horrible place at the time. Earthdawn was outselling it amongst my circle of friends at the comic shop. That said, I had some younger friends (college aged) who fell in love with AD&D due to BG1 and IWD, so the hobby wasn’t completely without hope. That said, it was a very dark time to be a D&D player. [/QUOTE]
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