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Here's The Cover Of The Explorer's Guide to Wildemount; Plus It's #15 In Amazon Bestsellers!
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<blockquote data-quote="Superchunk77" data-source="post: 7893339" data-attributes="member: 6684404"><p>The thing is, the RPG market "back then" was way different than it is now. Marketing and social media, as well as the internet in general have really taken the game's limited exposure from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's and thrust it into the spotlight. Back in those days the game was only as popular as word of mouth made it. Maybe a few magazine ads as well. I remember going into my local mall's game store to see what Dark Sun and Birthright modules they had on the shelf at the time. It was always a surprise, but I really had no way of knowing release dates or what was in the pipeline. Still, those books were, and still are, some of my favorite things to run, regardless of the rules system chosen.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward to today and people are finding out about books before they're even announced through leaks on the internet, and they're selling out before they're even official printed in some cases.</p><p></p><p>I think the TSR problems due to too many setting books are well known by most here but that's not really what I'm talking about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Superchunk77, post: 7893339, member: 6684404"] The thing is, the RPG market "back then" was way different than it is now. Marketing and social media, as well as the internet in general have really taken the game's limited exposure from the 80's, 90's and early 2000's and thrust it into the spotlight. Back in those days the game was only as popular as word of mouth made it. Maybe a few magazine ads as well. I remember going into my local mall's game store to see what Dark Sun and Birthright modules they had on the shelf at the time. It was always a surprise, but I really had no way of knowing release dates or what was in the pipeline. Still, those books were, and still are, some of my favorite things to run, regardless of the rules system chosen. Fast forward to today and people are finding out about books before they're even announced through leaks on the internet, and they're selling out before they're even official printed in some cases. I think the TSR problems due to too many setting books are well known by most here but that's not really what I'm talking about. [/QUOTE]
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