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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1731789" data-attributes="member: 151">Where does the d20 publishing market exist...Neverland? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp;&nbsp;In the real world, we've ended up with Target, Walmart, BJs, CostCo, a tighter-run K-mart, a tighter-run Sears, and so on.&nbsp; I still get goods from a variety of places, some fancier than others.&nbsp; I also buy many items online.&nbsp; Walmart is hardly without competitors.&nbsp;&nbsp;Do I feel sorry for Toys 'R' Us, now what Target and Walmart are driving them to possible bankruptcy?&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; Any more than I did for Lionel Kiddie City, FAO or Kay-Bee, when their times came.&nbsp; It's not a culling so much as evolution.&nbsp; FAO and Kay-Bee charged terrible prices, and hoped prime location, reputation and larger selection would allow that to be acceptable.&nbsp; It wasn't...especially as TRU matched them in other categories.&nbsp; Now the shoe's on the other foot.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;There are still lots of d20 publishers around, and even more if you count the PDF market.&nbsp; The difference is now that you have to provide a unique product or be competitive in some way.&nbsp; We already had a Walmart in the d20 business...they're called WotC. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1731789, member: 151"] Where does the d20 publishing market exist...Neverland? ;) In the real world, we've ended up with Target, Walmart, BJs, CostCo, a tighter-run K-mart, a tighter-run Sears, and so on. I still get goods from a variety of places, some fancier than others. I also buy many items online. Walmart is hardly without competitors. Do I feel sorry for Toys 'R' Us, now what Target and Walmart are driving them to possible bankruptcy? Nope. Any more than I did for Lionel Kiddie City, FAO or Kay-Bee, when their times came. It's not a culling so much as evolution. FAO and Kay-Bee charged terrible prices, and hoped prime location, reputation and larger selection would allow that to be acceptable. It wasn't...especially as TRU matched them in other categories. Now the shoe's on the other foot. There are still lots of d20 publishers around, and even more if you count the PDF market. The difference is now that you have to provide a unique product or be competitive in some way. We already had a Walmart in the d20 business...they're called WotC. ;) [/QUOTE]

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