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<blockquote data-quote="greylurk" data-source="post: 6654941" data-attributes="member: 87929">I don't think that matters in the long run.&nbsp; Basically there's a certain number of RPG players.&nbsp; Just on a rough estimate, I'd say that somewhere between 1/3 and 1/5 play Dungeons and Dragons exclusively.&nbsp; Of those who play D&amp;D exclusively, I'd say that probably 1/3 to 2/3 of them play AL exclusively. However, there's a big long tail of other gamers who play D&amp;D occasionally, and Pathfinder, Fate, 13th Age, Fiasco, World of Darkness, Dark Heresy, Star Wars, and a whole pile of others occasionally.&nbsp; WotC has to know (or at least will find out quickly) that appealing to 5/6 to 9/10 of the gaming market that doesn't exclusively play AL is probably going to win them some sales.Basically, AL players *will* buy every core book they put out, and about 1/2 of them will probably buy the adventure for the season, and that'll be a constant no matter what they publish.&nbsp; However, there's a huge &quot;dark matter cloud&quot; of gamers out there who either play AL only occasionally, or play more at a private table that isn't AL organized. Ignoring those gamers would be just plain stupid.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="greylurk, post: 6654941, member: 87929"] I don't think that matters in the long run. Basically there's a certain number of RPG players. Just on a rough estimate, I'd say that somewhere between 1/3 and 1/5 play Dungeons and Dragons exclusively. Of those who play D&D exclusively, I'd say that probably 1/3 to 2/3 of them play AL exclusively. However, there's a big long tail of other gamers who play D&D occasionally, and Pathfinder, Fate, 13th Age, Fiasco, World of Darkness, Dark Heresy, Star Wars, and a whole pile of others occasionally. WotC has to know (or at least will find out quickly) that appealing to 5/6 to 9/10 of the gaming market that doesn't exclusively play AL is probably going to win them some sales. Basically, AL players *will* buy every core book they put out, and about 1/2 of them will probably buy the adventure for the season, and that'll be a constant no matter what they publish. However, there's a huge "dark matter cloud" of gamers out there who either play AL only occasionally, or play more at a private table that isn't AL organized. Ignoring those gamers would be just plain stupid. [/QUOTE]

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