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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jmucchiello" data-source="post: 1949053" data-attributes="member: 813">I can't believe I'm arguing this with Mr. Pramas....No, it's not the person who purchases the d20 book who will buy more core books, it's all the people he pulls into gaming who would not have gamed except that he bought a niche product WotC never would have produced. That new person would never have bought any RPG materials except that he was lured in by a niche WotC can't afford to serve. That new person will eventually be sucked into a D&D game and will eventually by a PHB.** That is the Skaff Efffect according to Dancey's article I quoted above. I suppose you didn't agree this conjecture. It's not the sale of the 3rd party book that sells core books. It's the attaction to RPGs through niche products that sells core books.** Of odd consequence is the idea here that the new guy also isn't buying your book, that was bought by the existing gamer.</blockquote>