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<blockquote data-quote="AdmundfortGeographer" data-source="post: 1716803" data-attributes="member: 4682">Even more fascinating, IMO, is the impact of the 800 pound gorilla that is the Living Greyhawk player network on sales. I have heard of numbers up to 20,000 players.&nbsp; When the LG campaign adds a particular WotC book to the campaign, there are thousands of players who have a good reason to get it, and most usually do!There have been anecdotes of the issue of Dungeon with Mad God's Key selling at rates far higher than normal, for instance.Hearing how 3rd party D20 developers are amazed when they have a print run of a 1,000 being pretty good, it's easy to see that the RPGA is finally getting the respect again inside WotC that it once had under TSR. High quality or not, the RPGA puts out adventures. People join the RPGA to play, not to collect books, but they will buy the accessories that improve their play experience.However, the RPGA is not for everyone.&nbsp; I think WotC hoped that 3rd-party adventure market would mature enough to fulfill the needs for those who the RPGA is not their cup of tea. It did briefly, but then sputtered out.I am very glad to see WotC jumping back into the adventure market. I'm hoping they put out enough Core mods in between the Eberron and FR mods.Regards,Eric Anondson</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AdmundfortGeographer, post: 1716803, member: 4682"] Even more fascinating, IMO, is the impact of the 800 pound gorilla that is the Living Greyhawk player network on sales. I have heard of numbers up to 20,000 players. When the LG campaign adds a particular WotC book to the campaign, there are thousands of players who have a good reason to get it, and [b][i]most[/i][/b] usually do! There have been anecdotes of the issue of Dungeon with Mad God's Key selling at rates far higher than normal, for instance. Hearing how 3rd party D20 developers are amazed when they have a print run of a 1,000 being pretty good, it's easy to see that the RPGA is finally getting the respect again inside WotC that it once had under TSR. High quality or not, the RPGA puts out adventures. People join the RPGA to play, not to collect books, but they will buy the accessories that improve their play experience. However, the RPGA is not for everyone. I think WotC hoped that 3rd-party adventure market would mature enough to fulfill the needs for those who the RPGA is not their cup of tea. It did briefly, but then sputtered out. I am very glad to see WotC jumping back into the adventure market. I'm hoping they put out enough Core mods in between the Eberron and FR mods. Regards, Eric Anondson [/QUOTE]

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