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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 1118674" data-attributes="member: 9254">I agree with this, and I *like* digital products.  I've got a subscription at Baen.com to buy sci-fi ebooks for my PDA and I'll buy PDF sourcebooks (Mmmm, Magical Medieval Europe==goodness).  But, publishers can put out a preview for those products that don't give everything away, with modules you tend to run blind. I've got a handful of the AEG adventures that I not only enjoyed immensely but created now-notable events for my campaign.  *BUT* I rejected 3 out of 4 AEG modules until I found things that matched my campaign's flavor and long term plans.  (Not to mention do quick QA/QC: I think it was an AEG module that gave out a weapon with a listed value of 7,000gp but if you tried to recreate the weapon in the DMG it was more like 700,000gp).  I can't do that with PDFs.A friend gave me one of the Freeport supplements and I love, *love* it.  BUT I won't buy any more until my current campaign is over.  It just doesn't work with the over riding plot.  I've tried, oh, how I've tried, to replace the Freeport serpent men with something in my world but it just doesn't fit; too many things break and, at least in what I've got, they are a huge factor in the plot lines.  I think there are two markets for modules.1 - The Dungeon/AEG market for small, relatively cheap modules that have enough information the GM can slack off for a game session or 2 if they want without taking over the entire campaign.  I fall in this category because I write my own stuff but every now and then the players want a break from the main plots so I need to give them something mostly unrelated.  2 - Necromancer/Freeport module series that are more expensive but include a large number of plot hooks and local settings (this includes Shadowrun's Harlequin series).  These can provide a few months' gaming without radically altering most settings.  This works out great for lesser experienced GMs with fairly experienced players who would have trouble with rational transitions between modules.   As long as the players get a mild amount of coaching "the campaign will be set in the region of blah, do not plan on leaving anytime soon" they work out quite well.  Both are hard to do; the first because you have to come up with quality on a budget without going broke and the second because you have to walk that thin line between "sourcebook with included modules" or "modules with useful local flavor."</blockquote>

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