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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bullgrit" data-source="post: 4993661" data-attributes="member: 31216">Obryn made this comment regarding OSRIC vs. AD&D1 books, but it got me wondering about games in general.How much does in-print and out-of-print affect your choices for what game to play? (Any game, not just D&D.)For instance, my current game group (formed circa 2003) has played a few OOP games, with no hesitation. IP vs. OOP didn't even really enter our discussions for what to play.We played a campaign of d6 Star Wars. Only the GM originally had the rule book, but two of us bought off of ebay once we started the campaign.We're currently playing a campaign of Battletech. Only I (not the GM) had the rule book at first, but the GM had a friend in another state mail him his old books. We gave the other Players a one-page photocopy of the core charts.We started an Alternity campaign with only the DM having the books.And D&D3.5 is our D&D of choice, regardless of it being OOP.Do you, or does your group, take a game's IP/OOP status under consideration when deciding on what to play?With the Internet, we've been able to find any OOP game we've been interested in. I've been able to find cheap [enough] books online faster than driving out to the FLGS, so "in print and in stores" is completely irrelevant to me in chosing a game to play. (If a game is in print and in stores, I'll go to the FLGS to get it.)Bullgrit</blockquote>