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Message: <blockquote data-quote="scourger" data-source="post: 2861435" data-attributes="member: 12328">As a consumer, I don't want to be "retrained".  I already look at most RPG book purchases as entertainment expenditures.  The most I will get out of most books is a good read.  For actual play, I look at it as the amount of dirt I have to pan through to get a fleck of gold.  I have to read a lot of books to find one that actually gets played.  If I'm really lucky, it's a nugget of gold that can be played many times.  So, I try to influence the market by buying the things that are known quality and support the way I want to play.  The best marketer of new material to me right now is Pinnacle/Great White Games.  I really like the two book method of Savage Worlds.  I don't have the time or the inclination to learn a new game every time I turn around.  So, I don't want to be in the book-a-month club; unless it's like Dungeon, which I enjoyed for years.  A serialized or living game with concise but powerful rules and periodic adventure modules would be most appealing.  I had it with my core 2e game using Dungeon, but those days are over now.  I get other stuff on the used market to mine for ideas so that my new retail dollars send the right message.</blockquote>