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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 3017765" data-attributes="member: 5171"><p>One of my work buddies wanted to go see a gaming store that he'd just discovered in the area (I'm in Edmonton, which has a few gaming stores, but not many). I didn't exactly need anything -- between Grim Tales, M&M2E, and the SRD, my gaming needs are pretty much met for any game I want to run (and that's not counting the three corebooks I no longer use because they're from 3E) -- but I opted to go anyway, just to be sociable.</p><p></p><p>My wife told me to go ahead and get something while I was there -- explicitly told me, because she didn't want me to feel like I was spending money uselessly. The guy I was with is kind of shy, so him actually proposing a half-hour road trip to a gaming store is a big deal. I had, essentially, carte blanche.</p><p></p><p>I checked here before I left, looking for stuff I could look for. Found a lot of good reviews and a few products that might actually help my game. I had a list of things to buy.</p><p></p><p>We get to the store. We go in. I look around.</p><p></p><p>I find nothing on my list.</p><p></p><p>I go to the guy at the front counter, who is very polite (although largely unintelligible due to a thick British accent and very fast speech). I ask if he would mind checking his inventory, and he happily does so.</p><p></p><p>They do not, in fact, have "Slavelords of Cydonia".</p><p></p><p>They do not, in fact, have "Lords of Madness".</p><p></p><p>(Can you tell I'm running a Grim Tales game heavy on aberrations?)</p><p></p><p>I ended up looking long and hard at the d20 Modern Menace Manual, priced at $55 Canadian, before giving up and just getting some pretty dice.</p><p></p><p>As I walked out of the shop, I said to my friend, "I had no idea I'd become such a niche gamer."</p><p></p><p>"Kinda," he says.</p><p></p><p>"But Slavelords of Cydonia is the biggest product for Grim Tales!" I shout. "Which is largely the d20 Modern rules, which are in turn adapted from D&D, which is the biggest roleplaying game out there!"</p><p></p><p>"You're kind of a niche gamer," my friend says.</p><p></p><p>"Okay, but Lords of Madness is from WIZARDS. They had the undead one and the dragon one. How could they not have the aberrations one?"</p><p></p><p>"They had the Stronghold Builder's Guide."</p><p></p><p>"Yes. I'm sure they did."</p><p></p><p>(sigh)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takyris, post: 3017765, member: 5171"] One of my work buddies wanted to go see a gaming store that he'd just discovered in the area (I'm in Edmonton, which has a few gaming stores, but not many). I didn't exactly need anything -- between Grim Tales, M&M2E, and the SRD, my gaming needs are pretty much met for any game I want to run (and that's not counting the three corebooks I no longer use because they're from 3E) -- but I opted to go anyway, just to be sociable. My wife told me to go ahead and get something while I was there -- explicitly told me, because she didn't want me to feel like I was spending money uselessly. The guy I was with is kind of shy, so him actually proposing a half-hour road trip to a gaming store is a big deal. I had, essentially, carte blanche. I checked here before I left, looking for stuff I could look for. Found a lot of good reviews and a few products that might actually help my game. I had a list of things to buy. We get to the store. We go in. I look around. I find nothing on my list. I go to the guy at the front counter, who is very polite (although largely unintelligible due to a thick British accent and very fast speech). I ask if he would mind checking his inventory, and he happily does so. They do not, in fact, have "Slavelords of Cydonia". They do not, in fact, have "Lords of Madness". (Can you tell I'm running a Grim Tales game heavy on aberrations?) I ended up looking long and hard at the d20 Modern Menace Manual, priced at $55 Canadian, before giving up and just getting some pretty dice. As I walked out of the shop, I said to my friend, "I had no idea I'd become such a niche gamer." "Kinda," he says. "But Slavelords of Cydonia is the biggest product for Grim Tales!" I shout. "Which is largely the d20 Modern rules, which are in turn adapted from D&D, which is the biggest roleplaying game out there!" "You're kind of a niche gamer," my friend says. "Okay, but Lords of Madness is from WIZARDS. They had the undead one and the dragon one. How could they not have the aberrations one?" "They had the Stronghold Builder's Guide." "Yes. I'm sure they did." (sigh) [/QUOTE]
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