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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4424517" data-attributes="member: 19675">Needed?&nbsp; None.Desired?&nbsp; Lots!Quote:&quot;Replacing&quot; in the market, supplanting the edition that we prefer.&nbsp; Causing that particular well to run dry.I've been playing for 30 years or so, DMing on and off for 25 years of that time.&nbsp; I don't use all the stuff I've bought for any edition of any game, but its nice to have that stuff on your shelf to go to in case you run out of time or you hit a creative wall.For stimulating the mind, if nothing else, replenishing the creative wellspring with the ideas of other gamers.Just because its all good doesn't mean its all good to me.&nbsp; I have a lot from most of the publishers you just listed...but almost nothing from Goodman.Its no slight on Goodman Games, its just that I haven't seen much from them that fits my needs.What do you mean?&nbsp; Aren't you a human being?As such, then, you should understand that humans generally dislike it when commercial products they enjoy change, or worse, dissapear altogether.If your favorite restaraunt of all closed its doors tomorrow, wouldn't you be reminiscing about your favorite dishes years from now?If your favorite band of all time broke up tomorrow, its members never to record again, wouldn't you occasionally speculate about what might have been?So... even though my 3.X books won't dissapear, barring something quite unusual, supplements for that gem will eventually evaporate from the shelves of all but resellers.Because it affects the size of the pool of gamers from which you can draw new recruits.Personally, I'm a member of several game groups, one of which has had a stable core of 3 gamers since 1988, and another that has been gaming together since 1998 with only a couple of dropouts.Some in the groups are D&amp;D only.&nbsp; Neither group is going to 4Ed as its primary game.So...one of those groups loses a player, from where will they recruit replacements?&nbsp; From the dwindling numbers of 3.X gamers.(How big a pool that is depends on a variety of variables.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4424517, member: 19675"] Needed? None. Desired? Lots! Quote: "Replacing" in the market, supplanting the edition that we prefer. Causing that particular well to run dry. I've been playing for 30 years or so, DMing on and off for 25 years of that time. I don't use all the stuff I've bought for any edition of any game, but its nice to have that stuff on your shelf to go to in case you run out of time or you hit a creative wall. For stimulating the mind, if nothing else, replenishing the creative wellspring with the ideas of other gamers. Just because its all good doesn't mean its all good to me. I have a lot from most of the publishers you just listed...but almost nothing from Goodman. Its no slight on Goodman Games, its just that I haven't seen much from them that fits my needs. What do you mean? Aren't you a human being? As such, then, you should understand that humans generally dislike it when commercial products they enjoy change, or worse, dissapear altogether. If your favorite restaraunt of all closed its doors tomorrow, wouldn't you be reminiscing about your favorite dishes years from now? If your favorite band of all time broke up tomorrow, its members never to record again, wouldn't you occasionally speculate about what might have been? So... even though my 3.X books won't dissapear, barring something quite unusual, supplements for that gem will eventually evaporate from the shelves of all but resellers. Because it affects the size of the pool of gamers from which you can draw new recruits. Personally, I'm a member of several game groups, one of which has had a stable core of 3 gamers since 1988, and another that has been gaming together since 1998 with only a couple of dropouts. Some in the groups are D&D only. Neither group is going to 4Ed as its primary game. So...one of those groups loses a player, from where will they recruit replacements? From the dwindling numbers of 3.X gamers. (How big a pool that is depends on a variety of variables.) [/QUOTE]

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