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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 6018596" data-attributes="member: 10479">Thanks.&nbsp; Interesting.&nbsp; In some ways an indirect connection but I'd still say that is independent.&nbsp; Certainly many bookstores have sections where series are kept separate from the &quot;by author&quot; section and if someone were reading Warhammer novels they might easily find FR novels and the like nearby, so there's an easy way to find a path to them that isn't really brand specific as well.&nbsp; Also, I suppose, non-RPG gamers might come across the spin racks of novels in game stores and have a cover catch their eye since those are often more conspicuously displayed.&nbsp; I wonder what the real percentages are of non-RPGers reading RPG-generated fiction.&nbsp; (edit - I'll bet [MENTION=2174]Erik Mona[/MENTION] has some ideas about this.)But maybe this is getting too far from the Branching discussion.&nbsp; So, in the interest of keeping that alive, which works better: A Basic/Advanced setup or a parallel multiple-playstyle approach tied to various settings, ALA 2E's Ravenloft/Birthright/DarkSun/etc.?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 6018596, member: 10479"] Thanks. Interesting. In some ways an indirect connection but I'd still say that is independent. Certainly many bookstores have sections where series are kept separate from the "by author" section and if someone were reading Warhammer novels they might easily find FR novels and the like nearby, so there's an easy way to find a path to them that isn't really brand specific as well. Also, I suppose, non-RPG gamers might come across the spin racks of novels in game stores and have a cover catch their eye since those are often more conspicuously displayed. I wonder what the real percentages are of non-RPGers reading RPG-generated fiction. (edit - I'll bet [MENTION=2174]Erik Mona[/MENTION] has some ideas about this.) But maybe this is getting too far from the Branching discussion. So, in the interest of keeping that alive, which works better: A Basic/Advanced setup or a parallel multiple-playstyle approach tied to various settings, ALA 2E's Ravenloft/Birthright/DarkSun/etc.? [/QUOTE]

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