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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 5148494" data-attributes="member: 18182">There is definitely a subset of the fandom that are readers more than players.&nbsp; Not sure how big it is . . . . but as the above replies show many of us fall into and out this group.It is how I started way back in the early 80s!&nbsp; I had a friend who had an absent father (divorce and cross-country move) who gave him tons of money to collect comic books and RPG books.&nbsp; He introduced me to D&amp;D, but he didn't actually play the game because he didn't like all the rules!&nbsp; So I didn't either, I just read all of his books.Later I got my parents to get me the classic Red Box . . . but my shy and weak attempts to suss out other potential gamers in elementary and middle school failed.&nbsp; The few I did meet were of the smelly gamer subtype and I didn't want a part of that, so I continued to use my allowance to purchase various D&amp;D and AD&amp;D rulebooks but not play.Finally, in early college, I met some fantastic gamer friends and ran a short-lived AD&amp;D 2E campaign for them . . . that plus way-too-easy-to-obtain credit encouraged me to buy practically the entire AD&amp;D 2E collection, plus the classic D&amp;D Mystara products!&nbsp;&nbsp; I spent way more money on books I read than I ever played AD&amp;D.All that finally changed with 3E in 2000.&nbsp; I loved the new game, I found ENWorld, and my gamer friends also got excited about 3E.&nbsp; I continued purchasing all the books, but I finally ran a regular campaign that lasted over 2 years, almost 3!Now, I'm backsliding (for a while now).&nbsp; I love 4E more than any previous edition and I've been purchasing most of the books . . . . but for various reasons I don't have a lot of free time and all my college gamer pals don't live where I do . . . I play and DM 4E, but not nearly as much as I'd like to.&nbsp; My FLGS has finally signed on to do D&amp;D Encounters, and I'm excited for that!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 5148494, member: 18182"] There is definitely a subset of the fandom that are readers more than players. Not sure how big it is . . . . but as the above replies show many of us fall into and out this group. It is how I started way back in the early 80s! I had a friend who had an absent father (divorce and cross-country move) who gave him tons of money to collect comic books and RPG books. He introduced me to D&D, but he didn't actually play the game because he didn't like all the rules! So I didn't either, I just read all of his books. Later I got my parents to get me the classic Red Box . . . but my shy and weak attempts to suss out other potential gamers in elementary and middle school failed. The few I did meet were of the smelly gamer subtype and I didn't want a part of that, so I continued to use my allowance to purchase various D&D and AD&D rulebooks but not play. Finally, in early college, I met some fantastic gamer friends and ran a short-lived AD&D 2E campaign for them . . . that plus [I]way-too-easy-to-obtain[/I] credit encouraged me to buy practically the entire AD&D 2E collection, plus the classic D&D Mystara products! I spent way more money on books I read than I ever played AD&D. All that finally changed with 3E in 2000. I loved the new game, I found ENWorld, and my gamer friends also got excited about 3E. I continued purchasing all the books, but I finally ran a regular campaign that lasted over 2 years, almost 3! Now, I'm backsliding (for a while now). I love 4E more than any previous edition and I've been purchasing most of the books . . . . but for various reasons I don't have a lot of free time and all my college gamer pals don't live where I do . . . I play and DM 4E, but not nearly as much as I'd like to. My FLGS has finally signed on to do D&D Encounters, and I'm excited for that! [/QUOTE]

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