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<blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 4748118" data-attributes="member: 2732"><p>What happened to the Wargaming Hobby could be seen as a warning sign to the Tabletop RPG industry.</p><p></p><p>I think these two articles, one written over 10 years ago, the other written very recently, should serve as a cautionary warning.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.costik.com/spisins.html" target="_blank">SPI Died for Your Sins</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.armchairgeneral.com/the-state-of-wargaming.htm" target="_blank">The State of Wargaming » Armchair General</a>\</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It can get so weak it's hard to even find a community. Imagine if GenCon goes under? If Dragonlance and the Forgotten Realms stopped official publication? Over time, no new people come into the hobby. Imagine if it got so bad it would be hard to find people to play face to face. Those wargame articles can serve as a warning. At one time there was enough support for Wargaming only conventions.</p><p></p><p>While the second article is a little more positive, take a good look at the SPI one. All it took was SPI to go under to really quickly and it hurt the entire marketplace. The same could happen if D&D went under.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnRTroy, post: 4748118, member: 2732"] What happened to the Wargaming Hobby could be seen as a warning sign to the Tabletop RPG industry. I think these two articles, one written over 10 years ago, the other written very recently, should serve as a cautionary warning. [url=http://www.costik.com/spisins.html]SPI Died for Your Sins[/url] [url=http://www.armchairgeneral.com/the-state-of-wargaming.htm]The State of Wargaming » Armchair General[/url]\ It can get so weak it's hard to even find a community. Imagine if GenCon goes under? If Dragonlance and the Forgotten Realms stopped official publication? Over time, no new people come into the hobby. Imagine if it got so bad it would be hard to find people to play face to face. Those wargame articles can serve as a warning. At one time there was enough support for Wargaming only conventions. While the second article is a little more positive, take a good look at the SPI one. All it took was SPI to go under to really quickly and it hurt the entire marketplace. The same could happen if D&D went under. [/QUOTE]
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