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<blockquote data-quote="Reigan" data-source="post: 4834813" data-attributes="member: 67973">Speaking purely as a consumer (hope this helps):&nbsp;I buy my WotC D&amp;D books from Amazon, they are heavily discounted &amp; the p&amp;p is free. The hardbacks have been of consistent high quality and I have a pretty good idea what I'm getting when I buy them. In other words, value for money.&nbsp;If I want to buy a 3pp product I have to mail order it from a specialist games supplier, at full price &amp; with a hefty p&amp;p (usually 10%) on top. I am also less clear on what I would be getting, it might be great, then again it might suck. Its a gamble and I only have a limited budget.&nbsp;Its also a lot easier to create your own stuff with 4e than it was before, in fact with 3e I felt overwhelmed by the amount of choice.&nbsp;As a player I just don't feel the need for more stuff, I'm in control of my game. The WotC books are fairly balanced and not full of uneeded fluff (I don't need to know what goliaths eat for breakfast).&nbsp;As a dm I would like more monsters, I would be really open to themed monster books (like Open Grave), I want to run an urban themed campaign, so lots of humanoid rogue types would be nice. I also miss the very detailed campaign settings, I really liked Scarred Lands (which did the Gods/Primordal thing much better than PoL).&nbsp;I hope the 3pps do find a new new market niche to exploit and find a way around the distributers, maybe reach the fans direct somehow. Good luck with your market research.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reigan, post: 4834813, member: 67973"] Speaking purely as a consumer (hope this helps): I buy my WotC D&D books from Amazon, they are heavily discounted & the p&p is free. The hardbacks have been of consistent high quality and I have a pretty good idea what I'm getting when I buy them. In other words, value for money. If I want to buy a 3pp product I have to mail order it from a specialist games supplier, at full price & with a hefty p&p (usually 10%) on top. I am also less clear on what I would be getting, it might be great, then again it might suck. Its a gamble and I only have a limited budget. Its also a lot easier to create your own stuff with 4e than it was before, in fact with 3e I felt overwhelmed by the amount of choice. As a player I just don't feel the need for more stuff, I'm in control of my game. The WotC books are fairly balanced and not full of uneeded fluff (I don't need to know what goliaths eat for breakfast). As a dm I would like more monsters, I would be really open to themed monster books (like Open Grave), I want to run an urban themed campaign, so lots of humanoid rogue types would be nice. I also miss the very detailed campaign settings, I really liked Scarred Lands (which did the Gods/Primordal thing much better than PoL). I hope the 3pps do find a new new market niche to exploit and find a way around the distributers, maybe reach the fans direct somehow. Good luck with your market research. [/QUOTE]

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