D&D being dropped by gamestore(s) in fovor of other roleplaying games...
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Kanegrundar
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My FLGS has cut back their RPG selection big time. They are no longer buying back books beyond a few select titles. They still carry the new releases from the major publishers, but beyond that nuh-uh. The only lines they actively carry any older material is D&D, Green Ronin, Malhavoc, Mongoose, White Wolf, HERO, Hackmaster, and a little Shadowrun. It sounds like in the future they'll only be actively carrying WotC, WW, GR, Malhavoc, and (some) Mongoose. The rest will not be restocked beyond a few "sure sellers" once the current inventory is sold out. It's a shame that the RPG market is seemingly in a lull right now (that in the KCMO area), but I don't blame the shop for doing what they're doing. They make a LOT more money selling boardgames, minis, and CCG's than they do on RPG's. At least I can still expect to get the newest releases from WotC, Malhavoc, and GR. Plus, they will special order stuff for me, so it's not all bad (for me at least 
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Ron
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I live in Brazil and the few stores available are carrying D&D almost exclusively, especially the Brazilian edition, which includes all 3.5 core books and several 3.0 books. There are a Brazilian edition books by White Wolf, which takes a sizeable amount of shelf, and a few of GURPS and Shadowrun, but I believe they are mostly left overs. Nowadays, there are hardly any imported books, but the ones that appear are invariably from WotC and WW. I guess much of the sales today come from ordinary bookshops, which only carry the main sellers.\
I suspect that the problem in Holland is much more due to some issue with the distributor than a real lack of D&D sales.
I suspect that the problem in Holland is much more due to some issue with the distributor than a real lack of D&D sales.
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He tried getting his singing career going in the US in 1994, but his pay-per-view TV concert got out-competed by some race involving a white Ford Bronco driven by a football star/actor.
TerraDave
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As Psion said, in the US: unthinkable...
[tangent] though when I was a kid, a local game store stopped selling D&D and other fantasy for religious reasons. It wasn't too long before the store was under new managment [/tangent]
When I was in Paris (up till the end of last year), 3.0/3.5 D&D in both English and French was the staple--including some 3rd party D20--though they certainly had other games as well.
And I distinctly remember someone who worked at one of those stores talking about how great the D&D mini's were...at least from the retailers point of view.
[tangent] though when I was a kid, a local game store stopped selling D&D and other fantasy for religious reasons. It wasn't too long before the store was under new managment [/tangent]
When I was in Paris (up till the end of last year), 3.0/3.5 D&D in both English and French was the staple--including some 3rd party D20--though they certainly had other games as well.
And I distinctly remember someone who worked at one of those stores talking about how great the D&D mini's were...at least from the retailers point of view.
mcrow
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There are a couple of gaming stores in my area that their primary money maker is CCGs. It's to the point in those tow stores where they hardly qualify as "gaming" stores anymore because they have reduced their non-ccg game stock to a bare minimum. It's understandable though. A RPer could go into a store buy a RPG $40 (or even less on the net) make a completely homebrewed setting and not be seen again for years in that store. With CCGs you pretty much have to buy boxes of boosters @ $100 a pop every 3-4 months in order to not get bored with the game. Just a lot easier to make money off of CCGs than RPGs. Though it looks like there was a little down swing in the CCG market in the 2Q so who knows maybe RPGs will become the big thing in gaming again someday.
Glyfair
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mcrow said:
Unlikely anytime soon.
Last years estimates:
Trading Card Games: $800 million
Miniature Games: $200 million
Roleplaying Games: $25 million
Even if TCGs dropped 90% of their business and RPGs doubled their business, TCGs would still be selling better.
I doubt this will change any time soon. CCGs have a very high profit margin, while RPGs have a very low one (miniature games are in the middle, towards the bottom, IIRC). Companies looking for a new game are more likely to explore the market that will give the best benefit, with the least risk.
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