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<blockquote data-quote="Tallow" data-source="post: 261934" data-attributes="member: 4962">Jeff,I'm not sure I agree that the DM was ignored by TSR.&nbsp; They put out TONS of source material for almost every single corner, and then some, of the FR's.&nbsp; They had the Volo Guides, which were excellent.&nbsp; The problem wasn't lack of support.&nbsp; It was too much REDUNDANT support.&nbsp; The first round of Dalelands/Cormyr/Anaroch/Sword Coast/Savage Frontier/etc. was great, and probably sold great.&nbsp; It was when they rewrote all these and put them in boxed sets, which was unecessary, and sold them at boxed set prices that they didn't sell as well.&nbsp; As I said in my earlier post, I have 3 or 4 copies of each set of source material.&nbsp; Why do I need 3 books on Cormyr just because they updated for the next 10 years?&nbsp; THAT is why DM material doesn't sell well now, even though NOW is when the revision is warranted.&nbsp; NOW is when we need a new Cormyr and a new Dalelands, so we have area specific PrC's, feats, etc.&nbsp; But I probably won't buy them for quite some time, because I'm burnt out on too much stuff that was unnecessary.&nbsp; Unecessary stuff put together in a set so they could sell it for $60 bucks is why TSR failed.&nbsp; Not the fact they didn't support the DM.&nbsp; And now WotC is having to deal with a burnt out crowd who doesn't want to buy new books on the same material again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tallow, post: 261934, member: 4962"] Jeff, I'm not sure I agree that the DM was ignored by TSR. They put out TONS of source material for almost every single corner, and then some, of the FR's. They had the Volo Guides, which were excellent. The problem wasn't lack of support. It was too much REDUNDANT support. The first round of Dalelands/Cormyr/Anaroch/Sword Coast/Savage Frontier/etc. was great, and probably sold great. It was when they rewrote all these and put them in boxed sets, which was unecessary, and sold them at boxed set prices that they didn't sell as well. As I said in my earlier post, I have 3 or 4 copies of each set of source material. Why do I need 3 books on Cormyr just because they updated for the next 10 years? THAT is why DM material doesn't sell well now, even though NOW is when the revision is warranted. NOW is when we need a new Cormyr and a new Dalelands, so we have area specific PrC's, feats, etc. But I probably won't buy them for quite some time, because I'm burnt out on too much stuff that was unnecessary. Unecessary stuff put together in a set so they could sell it for $60 bucks is why TSR failed. Not the fact they didn't support the DM. And now WotC is having to deal with a burnt out crowd who doesn't want to buy new books on the same material again. [/QUOTE]

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