D&D Community Different Than the D20 Community?

[Ahzad]

I went for other. I used to buy everything at one time, and most of it TSR/WotC b/c they were the only one doing D&D until this whole open source thing.

The past year or so I've cut my buying down by 70% or more, most of what I get is 3rd party stuff anymore. All my favorites authors have left WotC and now I buy books by author pretty much. I know who's stuff I really like Cook, Cordell, Gygax to name a few and pick up books by them religously. A few lines/companies I really enjoy Conan by MGP (and B5 from them as well), 70% of the stuff by Green Ronin (all the Freeport stuff), all the Spycraft stuff, Kalamar, a smattering of this book and that if the subject matter interests me, and suprisingly very little by WotC anymore I picked up the new complete line (i like hardbacks), plan on getting Lords of Madness (love illithids, and beholders), passed on Frostburn, and I think there was a Sand book? thought these were neat, but only wanted the first 20 or so pages that dealt w/ the enviorment and the rest i thought was meh....FR doesn't hold any appeal to for me anymore and I only bought for years b/c I liked to read the fuff, I rarely ever played there, most of the time D&D = GH for us. Tried Modern out and found Spycraft to be superior according to my tastes, YMMV. Was sad to see Dragonstar go b/c while I never played it I thought it was a neat concept.

My players/friends rarely buy anything other than the core book which always drives me batty b/c 8 out of 10 times they'll use a certain supplement over and over, and I've always got to bring it for them b/c it has info they want to reference.

 

[AIM-54]

I don't buy any D&D/d20 stuff really at all. I have the PHB, DMG, OA and Cry Havoc and the only things I might yet pick up is the MM's for the possibility that I might run a game and Complete Adventurer, because I love the Scout class so (having been making up my own stuff to do the same thing since I first started playing 2E back in the mid-90s). My DM, however, purchases almost everything WOTC puts out, plus some 3rd party stuff. It pretty much works out...I have all the books I want and I can spend my gaming dollars on other games that I'm more interested in.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

I buy Wizards and Malhavoc, with the occasional Green Ronin product. That's it.

 

[Ibram]

In my group there is only one other person who buys RPG books with any kind of regularity.

He buys only WotC products, while I'll buy just about anything that catches my eye (which is very little thankfully).

 

[fanboy2000]

Other. I buy mostly WotC products, but I often pick-up books buy other publishers if they fill a nitch that WotC doesn't fill, ie. maps, city books, psionics, and adventures. I don't buy 3rd Party monster books and don't buy 3rd party magic books. I got burned by Scaredlands stuff eairly in my DMing career and haven't gotten the courage to buy one from another publisher.

 

[Asmor]

I actually am turned off by official products, aside from the core rules, of course... I prefer generalized books on a particular topic, rather than splat books or setting books, which seems like all WotC puts out. Monster books are about the only thing they make that really draw my attention.

 

[Ranger REG]

I thought this was a Yes or No poll, for which I would have answered Yes. The majority of the D&D community only cares for D&D label, not the d20 System label, even to the point of dismissing non-D&D games like Star Wars and d20 Modern, although I have seen a handful of D&D gamers curious enough to want to try Star Wars ... on the Wizards' messageboards.

No matter how much I recommend an outside d20 labeled product for certain topics -- mass combat, naval adventuring, African-flavored -- they prefer WotC make a D&D labeled version.

And I thought other dedicated fan communities of a certain RPG are closed-minded and one-tracked. D&D fan community takes their devotion to a whole 'nother level.

 

[Razz0putin]

I'm in the I buy everything good and my players buy things very rarely

 

[TheAuldGrump]

It looks like I should have put in the 'I Buy Everything and my Players Buy Nothing (Cheap B*st*rds!)' choice...

The Auld Grump

 

[MonsterMash]

I'm not sure if I think the poll and title quite match.

I voted for I only buy core from Wotc and mostly things from other companies and so do my players - which is pretty much true.

With WotC as they don't publish many adventures or settings that I use I don't really have much use for splatbooks so my purchases have been and look to continue as limited. other companies tend to get more of my money (e.g. Necromancer Games, Judges Guild, Mongoose).