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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6307556" data-attributes="member: 17106">Ever since the close of the WotC store, there has been a surprising and noted dearth in the general geographical area. The few comic book stores and such that do gaming I haven't been to in a very long time.I would say that it isn't quite that simple, though. For one thing, the amount of meaningful effort that you can put into or must put into a D&D game is a lot more variable. It's entirely possible to run something completely off the cuff with no work whatsoever (and no cost). If I could clap my hands and make a pizza appear, Domino's would be out of business. And yet, I can clap my hands and make an rpg session appear, and Paizo is still ticking.And perhaps, more parsimoniously than pure off the cuff gaming, I do get by with a lot less prep than a published adventure would theoretically provide.Moreover, there's also a cost to "eating out" both financially and timewise, which also translates to D&D. I'd find it much more difficult and time-consuming to check a book to see what the treasure is or what the name of some NPC is, as opposed to just making it up. Honestly, I don't know how having such a book would even be helpful. It's a completely different philosophy from what I'm doing.</blockquote>