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<blockquote data-quote="Irlo" data-source="post: 9177706" data-attributes="member: 7028372">I'm not a casual gamer but most of the people I've played with over the last five years have been. I wouldn't have purchased Forgotten Realms setting sourcebooks for Icewind Dale or for Chult, but I did buy Frostmaiden and Tomb of Annihilation. With setting materials imbedded into&nbsp; &quot;mostly adventure&quot; books, I actually read and engaged with the text with improved reading comprehension and retention. Trying to read setting sourcebooks generally makes my eyes glaze over. I didn't buy campaign settings for any editions that I've played (starting with 1e). I became familiar with the Forgotten Realms and Planescape through Balder's Gate and Torment CRPGs. During the 3E years,&nbsp; I spent a lot more on Dungeon Magazine than I spent on rule books.I guarantee the casual players I know didn't and would not have purchased setting materials. A few of them wanted to try their hands at DMing, and they purchased adventures to run. None of them are reading D&amp;D novels or lore-dumps in their off hours.I do absolutely love the idea that such an enormous volume of material is available on DMs Guild although I'm not the paying audience they're looking for.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Irlo, post: 9177706, member: 7028372"] I'm not a casual gamer but most of the people I've played with over the last five years have been. I wouldn't have purchased Forgotten Realms setting sourcebooks for Icewind Dale or for Chult, but I did buy Frostmaiden and Tomb of Annihilation. With setting materials imbedded into "mostly adventure" books, I actually read and engaged with the text with improved reading comprehension and retention. Trying to read setting sourcebooks generally makes my eyes glaze over. I didn't buy campaign settings for any editions that I've played (starting with 1e). I became familiar with the Forgotten Realms and Planescape through Balder's Gate and Torment CRPGs. During the 3E years, I spent a lot more on Dungeon Magazine than I spent on rule books. I guarantee the casual players I know didn't and would not have purchased setting materials. A few of them wanted to try their hands at DMing, and they purchased adventures to run. None of them are reading D&D novels or lore-dumps in their off hours. I do absolutely love the idea that such an enormous volume of material is available on DMs Guild although I'm not the paying audience they're looking for. [/QUOTE]

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