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<blockquote data-quote="nevin" data-source="post: 9854240" data-attributes="member: 7024481">Wages haven't been pegged to inflation since the mid to late 70's either.&nbsp; Average spending power on the bottom 2/3rds of the world economy is about 35% less than it was in the 70's.&nbsp; So&nbsp; add that to your rents and mortgage not pegging to inflation.&nbsp; Insurance has been increasing across the board at about 3 times the rate of inflation for over a decade.&nbsp; So have Utilities.&nbsp; Most of those stores like yours have gone out of business competing with amazon and because of utility and insurance prices making rent too expensive.&nbsp;&nbsp; But yes&nbsp; it's always been a middle class hobby or at least required you have middle class friends who already have the books if you can't afford them.&nbsp; That's probably one reason older versions these days do so well.&nbsp; There's multiple versions&nbsp; of all kinds of RPG&quot;s available for free online if you can't pay for the latest versions.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I think eventually Hasbro will have to go with a streaming style 10 bucks a month you get access to everything&nbsp; to keep D&amp;D profitable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nevin, post: 9854240, member: 7024481"] Wages haven't been pegged to inflation since the mid to late 70's either. Average spending power on the bottom 2/3rds of the world economy is about 35% less than it was in the 70's. So add that to your rents and mortgage not pegging to inflation. Insurance has been increasing across the board at about 3 times the rate of inflation for over a decade. So have Utilities. Most of those stores like yours have gone out of business competing with amazon and because of utility and insurance prices making rent too expensive. But yes it's always been a middle class hobby or at least required you have middle class friends who already have the books if you can't afford them. That's probably one reason older versions these days do so well. There's multiple versions of all kinds of RPG"s available for free online if you can't pay for the latest versions. I think eventually Hasbro will have to go with a streaming style 10 bucks a month you get access to everything to keep D&D profitable. [/QUOTE]

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