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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IronWolf" data-source="post: 5268941" data-attributes="member: 21076">Yeah, they will be paperback...  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />While it is likely DDI will continue to play an important role in D&D as we continue forward, I don't think they can stop with the books just yet.  Largely because it would seem to me to alienate new players from the system.  I think folks would be reluctant to sign up for a subscription to play a game around their dining room table. While DDI sounds like it a useful tool I think it is seen that way by people already playing the game and committed to playing the game.  I think actual physical books are needed to hook those people who haven't started playing yet.  And the books needs to be in front of people at the bookstores.Now once these new players get hooked they very well might see the value of DDI and get future books or supplements from there, but for the moment I think it is too early for the physical books to go away.I think they will need a book filled with more than just rules laid out in a rule like format.  They will need books that have some "fluff" to help paint the fantasy world you can play in - the hook into RPG gaming.</blockquote>