Going Nuclear:1D&D

[Velderan]

Game stores will take a massive hit. No D&D pretty much reduces the entire industry to irrelevancy. Without the biggest name in gaming bringing in new players, this will become a greying hobby. Dying.

For those who buy their D&D stuff at their FLGS, keep this bit in mind. Whatever you normally spend on D&D material has to become other purchases or your FLGS may not last if enough people cut off their spending suddenly.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

You know, there's at least a dozen heavy posters here who love 4e. You folks ever think of getting an online game together?

I have considered it, but most of my gaming right now is more 'with the friends I want to keep touch with'.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

For those who buy their D&D stuff at their FLGS, keep this bit in mind. Whatever you normally spend on D&D material has to become other purchases or your FLGS may not last if enough people cut off their spending suddenly.

yes, always you should go this week and every few weeks to a local gaming store and buy games or supplies for the game there (I spent a lot of money more then I needed to over the years supporting the ones that were near me, but they went out anyway)

 

[aco175]

For those who buy their D&D stuff at their FLGS, keep this bit in mind. Whatever you normally spend on D&D material has to become other purchases or your FLGS may not last if enough people cut off their spending suddenly.

My FLGS does not carry that much 3PP books and such. Not buying the core things from them will hurt this 'little guy' as much as the other 3PP people are trying to save. I think everyone would like to support both, but looks like people might have to choose which one they want to feed.

 

[Velderan]

yes, always you should go this week and every few weeks to a local gaming store and buy games or supplies for the game there (I spent a lot of money more then I needed to over the years supporting the ones that were near me, but they went out anyway)

Same sadly. I had a FLGS 5 minutes from my house that was part of a small local chain that used to hold a copy of the alt cover books for me on release and after years of shopping there eventually knew what kind of minis I would buy so they'd call me when they received new stuff they knew I was looking for. The mall they were in is pretty much a ghost town now, so they closed last spring due to a lack of foot traffic in the mall which sucks. I have a couple other options within 20-30 minutes drive, so still trying to figure out which store I like.

 

[Retreater]

yes, always you should go this week and every few weeks to a local gaming store and buy games or supplies for the game there (I spent a lot of money more then I needed to over the years supporting the ones that were near me, but they went out anyway)

I've been getting minis, paints, and dice. Stuff that isn't specific to D&D.

 

[TwoSix]

You know, there's at least a dozen heavy posters here who love 4e. You folks ever think of getting an online game together?

I love 4e, but I don't love it enough to put up with the hassle of playing online.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I love 4e, but I don't love it enough to put up with the hassle of playing online.

Fair enough. I just hear a lot of people around here singing 4e's praises, so I was wondering if anything could come of that. People should be able to play the games they like.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

You know, there's at least a dozen heavy posters here who love 4e. You folks ever think of getting an online game together?

I tried, a while back. It didn't end up going very well (I suspect just some personality mismatch with some of the players.) We got through a single adventure and then didn't meet back up again.

 

[Random Task]

I do not necessarily agree with the second. And I know it is almost taken as a given on this forum that the OGL has been vastly beneficial to WotC, but that is very, very hard to prove. D&D has been a dominant player in the RPG market since it created the RPG market in the 70s, and it has a huge reservoir of cultural awareness that no other RPG can even approach. The OGL did not create that.

I'm trying to think of a situation where the originating company benefited from clones, and I am coming up blank. It's a little different with WOTC because some of this stuff is add ons to the core WOTC game, but people could have made a lot of that without needing an OGL.

I mean… If you enjoy Pathfinder, FATE, Mutants and Masterminds, SWSE, or basically any rpg with a core mechanic of rolling a d20, adding modifiers, and comparing to a target number, or even just appreciate that such games exist, you should care about the OGL, because none of them would exist without it.

You could have used that core mechanic without knowing anything about an OGL.