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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zudrak" data-source="post: 1742923" data-attributes="member: 7123">A few thoughts on this whole ordeal.1) I used to come for the Creature Catalog, mostly, and to check in on new products. I still do the latter. The Tome of Horrors book ended my most pressing need at the time 3E came out. However, I have recently become a little more involved in posting and reading posts on the message boards because the gamers -- as always -- offer some of the best ideas for campaigns, house rules, storylines, and other "fleshing out" suggestions -- in addition to both Dungeon and Dragon magazines. EN World is STILL my first stop of any internet session.2) Morrus has every right to lash out here, IMO. I sent him an email supporting his decision. The money-chasing that the industry as a whole has become involved in has sapped this gamer's desire to buy much new product. When Hasbro(ken) bought WotC, I feared the repercussions for the RPG industry. Instead of companies that are friendly to the gamers, they appear to be designating their customers not as friends, but rather as faces on dollar bills. It's disturbingly similar to how a used car salesman treats you -- polite, maybe, but leaving you with a "greasy" feeling.3) Quote:Originally Posted by JeffBNo excitement 'cos it's basically the S.O.S. The D20 Glut has hit, and unlike the first 2 years of 3E/D20, people are not clamoring to buy every book they can get their hands on....because of finances (so many books), and like Russ said in his rant, we have all the products we will ever need. When you have 50 companies producing the same types of books, it gets old real quick.I agree 100% here.My fear of Dragon magazine's recent change -- and of the bean-counters in the d20 industry at large -- is that we'll be so flooded with the same-old same-old of feats, prestige classes, and spells that Dragon will sound like a clanging gong every time an issue comes out. It will get old, IMO. The 3E compilation Book of Feats by Mongoose -- now more than a year old -- shows how exhaustive a list d20 feats has grown into. It's a tangle that I don't want to see magnified.I have purchased Troll Lord Games' Gygax-series books recently that have helped me immensely, because they are mostly fluff and not crunch. I have enough crunch from WotC books and Dragon magazine that I'll never have to worry about the "Soggies" from the Cap'n Crunch commercials ever ruining my cereal (sorry for the obscure reference there). I want fluff.  Lots of it.  My ten years away from the game stunted my imagination. I want sparks to help spur me along. Gary Gygax's books, Living Fantasy, World Builder, and Insidiae, have helped me greatly. Those are the books that should be coming out now in greater quantity: books that propel the mind, causing you to think new ideas in your campaign and in your game. This is where I celebrate Dungeon's new format. The Monte Cook and Campaign Workbook articles rock. Both in-game and out-of-game topics are covered, but they all work towards making a better game.I guess my points are: +I like EN World the way it is.  Go Morrus & Co. Go!+I don't like WotC the way it is anymore.+I detest Hasbro(ken) and its business theory, beliefs, and practices.+I will skip 4E, like 2E, if it is released half-heartedly and/or within the next 5 years.+More fluff. I want more fluff.</blockquote>

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