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<blockquote data-quote="Maggan" data-source="post: 3344153" data-attributes="member: 6616">My take is no, I don't take into consideration d20 stuff. For the AD&amp;D1st I haven't taken into account the Mayfair stuff, or the Judges Guild stuff, for example. I'm not sure about the grey market for D&amp;D-compatible stuff during 2e either. There were stuff out there, but I just don't know how much.Also, when this is discussed it is almost always within the context of D&amp;D books released by WotC compared to books released by TSR, so that's what I'm looking at. The number of d20 titles is big, for sure (I have about a couple of hundred myself), but that's not official D&amp;D with the logo on it and all.I could be persuaded to include licensed Ravenloft and Dragonlance, since they originated as D&amp;D settings, but apart from that, I feel that official D&amp;D and d20 are seperate things as far as this comparison is concerned. I think I find support for this in the general market place as well. Most D&amp;D gamers buy official material, so it's the official releases that are important to them.The basic premis still stands: WotC has not released more official D&amp;D books for 3e than TSR did for 2e. By a long shot.You could add: Yeah, but WotC released the OGL, so they are in part responsible for the thousands of books compatible with D&amp;D3e, to make the picture more complete./M</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maggan, post: 3344153, member: 6616"] My take is no, I don't take into consideration d20 stuff. For the AD&D1st I haven't taken into account the Mayfair stuff, or the Judges Guild stuff, for example. I'm not sure about the grey market for D&D-compatible stuff during 2e either. There were stuff out there, but I just don't know how much. Also, when this is discussed it is almost always within the context of D&D books released by WotC compared to books released by TSR, so that's what I'm looking at. The number of d20 titles is big, for sure (I have about a couple of hundred myself), but that's not official D&D with the logo on it and all. I could be persuaded to include licensed Ravenloft and Dragonlance, since they originated as D&D settings, but apart from that, I feel that official D&D and d20 are seperate things as far as this comparison is concerned. I think I find support for this in the general market place as well. Most D&D gamers buy official material, so it's the official releases that are important to them. The basic premis still stands: WotC has not released more official D&D books for 3e than TSR did for 2e. By a long shot. You could add: Yeah, but WotC released the OGL, so they are in part responsible for the thousands of books compatible with D&D3e, to make the picture more complete. /M [/QUOTE]

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