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<blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 4606290" data-attributes="member: 317">Your experiences mirror my own, and for two FLGSs in Springfield and Columbia MO.&nbsp; 4e books sell like crazy, and requests from customers for 3.5/compatible stuff has dropped to nearly nothing.&nbsp; I talk to quite a few of the guys who frequent my FLGS, and only one die hard group of five guys still plays 3.5/Pathfinder out of about 50 guys I know (and few, if any of them read ENWorld or any RPG forums online).&nbsp; We debate and talk about 4e stuff all the time, swap house rules, ideas, plots, etc- so I have a pretty good feel for what folks around here are playing.My FLGS gets one copy in of whatever new Pathfinder thing comes out (barring the Adventure Paths, which they get 5 of), and while they will special order anything you want, my understanding is that apart from a few internet-saavy gamers (which isn't that many), the PF stuff mostly sits on shelves for months until it gets dropped onto the bargain shelves.&nbsp; For all intents and purposes, 3.x/Pathfinder is completely off the radar of 90% of the gaming public.What I can tell you is that the demographic seems to have changed from 3.x to 4e, according to the owner of my FLGS.&nbsp; Around here, 3.x was bought mostly by older males (25+).&nbsp; 4e has a much higher proportion of women and kids buying it than did 3.x, as well as gamers who lapsed and are coming back.&nbsp; I do know the D&amp;D Delve Night for January (part of which I'm running) is booked solid, but during 3.x's reign similar events had virtually no attendance.&nbsp; Make of that what you will.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gothmog, post: 4606290, member: 317"] Your experiences mirror my own, and for two FLGSs in Springfield and Columbia MO. 4e books sell like crazy, and requests from customers for 3.5/compatible stuff has dropped to nearly nothing. I talk to quite a few of the guys who frequent my FLGS, and only one die hard group of five guys still plays 3.5/Pathfinder out of about 50 guys I know (and few, if any of them read ENWorld or any RPG forums online). We debate and talk about 4e stuff all the time, swap house rules, ideas, plots, etc- so I have a pretty good feel for what folks around here are playing. My FLGS gets one copy in of whatever new Pathfinder thing comes out (barring the Adventure Paths, which they get 5 of), and while they will special order anything you want, my understanding is that apart from a few internet-saavy gamers (which isn't that many), the PF stuff mostly sits on shelves for months until it gets dropped onto the bargain shelves. For all intents and purposes, 3.x/Pathfinder is completely off the radar of 90% of the gaming public. What I can tell you is that the demographic seems to have changed from 3.x to 4e, according to the owner of my FLGS. Around here, 3.x was bought mostly by older males (25+). 4e has a much higher proportion of women and kids buying it than did 3.x, as well as gamers who lapsed and are coming back. I do know the D&D Delve Night for January (part of which I'm running) is booked solid, but during 3.x's reign similar events had virtually no attendance. Make of that what you will. [/QUOTE]

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