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<blockquote data-quote="Whisper72" data-source="post: 1706453" data-attributes="member: 17339"><p>Mystery Man: I understand your feelings. I get the same idea. As to ppl saying that DM's are only about 1/4th of the market, market research by TSR/WOTC from some time ago showed that DM's shell about 10 times as much money out for books then players, so the DM market is definately a lot bigger money wise...</p><p></p><p>Even books like the Draconomicon, though nicely done from an artistic pov, had nothing new in terms of campaign ideas etc. All old stuff there. I was very disappointed by that book, which I bought after all the rave reviews here on ENWorld. Personally, I did not think it worth the price...</p><p></p><p>Campaign settings, now those let the ideas flow. I absolutely LOVED Eberron. Am I going to play an Eberron campaign? I don't know yet, but there is definately tuns of ideas for me to chew on... IMHO FR has been milked out completely. Books such as the Underdark, with 'generic' underdark info are still useful...</p><p></p><p>I have switched to buying old material through Ebay, and actually cancelled several orders I had previously set out on Amazon for new stuff. Nothing like flicking through an old basic DnD module to get ideas rolling. I'll prolly never run such a module in its entirety, but they provide nice ideas, especially in terms of atmosphere...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whisper72, post: 1706453, member: 17339"] Mystery Man: I understand your feelings. I get the same idea. As to ppl saying that DM's are only about 1/4th of the market, market research by TSR/WOTC from some time ago showed that DM's shell about 10 times as much money out for books then players, so the DM market is definately a lot bigger money wise... Even books like the Draconomicon, though nicely done from an artistic pov, had nothing new in terms of campaign ideas etc. All old stuff there. I was very disappointed by that book, which I bought after all the rave reviews here on ENWorld. Personally, I did not think it worth the price... Campaign settings, now those let the ideas flow. I absolutely LOVED Eberron. Am I going to play an Eberron campaign? I don't know yet, but there is definately tuns of ideas for me to chew on... IMHO FR has been milked out completely. Books such as the Underdark, with 'generic' underdark info are still useful... I have switched to buying old material through Ebay, and actually cancelled several orders I had previously set out on Amazon for new stuff. Nothing like flicking through an old basic DnD module to get ideas rolling. I'll prolly never run such a module in its entirety, but they provide nice ideas, especially in terms of atmosphere... [/QUOTE]
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