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<blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1763971" data-attributes="member: 10201"><p>Speaking as a general demographic trend: yes. Personally: no. I think you just need to &quot;get over it&quot;. It's one of those self-brainwashing things, like the way it's hard to run a crunchy system stripped down to something simple, even if you'de gladly run a game of that simplicity that was written that way. (Look at the threads looking for a &quot;simpler D&amp;D&quot; or &quot;how to simplify D&amp;D3E&quot; when there are games like OD&amp;D, Archmage, or FATE already out there.)&nbsp; Personally, i have the inverse problem: i think part of why i haven't run Fading Suns or Exalted, among others, is that i don't have a significant chunk of the books (much less a full set). Even though, in both cases, if the core book were the only book out, i'd consider it more than sufficent for running the game, and have successfully and enjoyably run RPGs with considerably less in the core book. And even though i know, rationally, that i'm not likely to ever need--or even have use for--those other supplements. So while, apparently, most gamers have a problem running &quot;dead&quot; games, i have a problem running &quot;living&quot; games--&quot;support&quot; is a turn-off to me in an RPG--i want to be able to have &quot;the whole game&quot; and know that i'm not missing anything (now, or in the future).</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="woodelf, post: 1763971, member: 10201"] Speaking as a general demographic trend: yes. Personally: no. I think you just need to "get over it". It's one of those self-brainwashing things, like the way it's hard to run a crunchy system stripped down to something simple, even if you'de gladly run a game of that simplicity that was written that way. (Look at the threads looking for a "simpler D&D" or "how to simplify D&D3E" when there are games like OD&D, Archmage, or FATE already out there.) Personally, i have the inverse problem: i think part of why i haven't run Fading Suns or Exalted, among others, is that i don't have a significant chunk of the books (much less a full set). Even though, in both cases, if the core book were the only book out, i'd consider it more than sufficent for running the game, and have successfully and enjoyably run RPGs with considerably less in the core book. And even though i know, rationally, that i'm not likely to ever need--or even have use for--those other supplements. So while, apparently, most gamers have a problem running "dead" games, i have a problem running "living" games--"support" is a turn-off to me in an RPG--i want to be able to have "the whole game" and know that i'm not missing anything (now, or in the future). [/QUOTE]

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