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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 5126826" data-attributes="member: 467">I think this is only true because D&D, and RPGs in general, do not have the same  retail presence they had back when the vast majority of players entered the hobby -- the early to mid 80s. Then, D&D was on toy store shelves in game like boxes -- not confined to specialty shops in massive volumes. The only place i see D&D outside of my games store is one shelf at the local Borders, and again it is all big books.It's not just D&D, though. Today I bought a copy of Green Ronin's Dragon Age boxed set. Very nice product. It reminds me of the Red Box. But I still bought it at a specialty shop. I haven't seen it at the Borders or -- in the place that makes most sense -- the Gamestop or Best Buy.RPGs need to be accessible -- not just in a play sense, but a buying sense. They need to be on the shelves at the places that people who might want them can find them. Relying primarily on an existing, dwindling market is slow suicide.As much as I don't like 4E and wish it were different, I hope that WotC can leverage its connection to Hasbro to get its new Red Box out there where people other than existing players can find it. Like right next to the newest D&D video game. Oh, wait, we don't have one of those...</blockquote>