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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShadowDenizen" data-source="post: 1858596" data-attributes="member: 16485">Acid Crash wrote:Well, I agree with this to a large extent, thugh I think we are a sizable minority.I'm a grizzled veteran of the gaming genre, and I own/play many, many systems that are not D+D/D20.  Sadly, it seems to me to be the case that the industry tends to be moving towards the D20/OGL inprint, though, from what I've seen, we are experiencing some negative feedback about that of late.   Don't get me wrong, there's many D20/OGL titles that I enjoy: the "Lone Wolf" setting, the "Midnight" setting, the "Babylon 5" setting, most Necromancer Games' offerings, and "World's Largest Dugeon", to name a few.  But I also play most White-Wolf games, TORG, WEG "Star Wars", Deciphers' "LotR", "Middle Earth Role-Playing", the original "Deadlands", "Fireborn", "Champions", "Call of Cthulhu BRP", and Ars Magica again to name just a few.However, it is true that most LGS I frequent do seem to push D+D (and WotC products in particular.)  Sure, it makes sense business-wise, I would guess, but it also speask volumes about the prevalent gaming culture, which, in the long term, affects both gamers and businesses. Honestly, I think quality sells.  That's why many publishers who jumped on the D20 bandwagon initally have either jumped off, or are scaling back, and those who remain put out (for the most part) quality products.  I personally recommend many games other than D+D to potential customers (my FLGS clerk is lucky in that they have several savvy gamers to bounce ideas off of about what will sell and what won't, what to order, and what to recommend to customers.)  Personally, I go on a case-by-case basis, and see if something sparks my interest.  I speak with my money, and WotC receives comparatively little of it, particularly since A) I prefer fluff over crunch (More prestige classes and feats? No, thank you!), and B) the skyrocketing prices of the WotC material. (Sure, others have increased prices, too, but I seem to see it more in WotC prodcuts than elsewhere.)  The last thing I bought from WotC was "the Draconomicon", whereas I've bought more in one month from other publishers than I've given WotC since 3.5 debuted.I'll second this. All you published authors who take the time to chime in on these boards on various topics deserve a hearty round of congratulations.I'll also second this (within reason): I just recently picked up both "World's Largest Dungeon" and the "Fury of Shadow", and both were well worth the investment.</blockquote>

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