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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Samothdm" data-source="post: 1590274" data-attributes="member: 5473">Okay, so I couldn't think of the correct subject.I saw someone over in the publishing forums who mentioned that even if every member of ENWorld and RPG.net decided to, for example, boycott a game company, the loss of sales would barely make a dent in that company's overall sales.  That got me to thinking about three d20 games I play in (one as a DM and two as a player).  The groups are as follows:1) Me as DM (message board user).  Eight players, one of whom is a regular ENWorld message board user (also visits RPG.net, the Wotc Boards, and the Necromancer and Green Ronin boards).  There is one other player who will sometimes lurk at the boards if I point out an interesting thread to him.  Out of the 9 of us, the three who visit message boards are the only ones who buy supplemental d20 products beyond the core rulebooks.  In fact, we're the only three who have bought *anything* beyond just the Player's Handbook.2) Total of six players and one DM.  Only two of us visit message boards frequently (the DM is actually one of the players in my other game who visits message board).  Again, we are the only two who have bought supplemental d20 books beyond just the Player's Handbook.3) New group just starting tonight!  Six players and one DM (same DM as #2, above).  No big surprise - only two of us visit the message boards and, again, we're the only two who buy supplemental d20 books.  This one is *slightly* different in that we're playing in a "Dawnforge" campaign and so several people bought the Dawnforge CS.  But, I should point out that all of these players are players in either group #1 or #2, above, and so already purchased their Player's Handbook a long time ago.  For over 2/3 of this group, buying the Dawnforge: Crucible of Legend CS is only the third d20 product they've purchased in the past 4 years (after the 3.0 and 3.5 PH).So, that gets me to thinking - maybe message board users *are* a significantly higher percentage of sales for these products?  I know it's "first-person research".  What's your experience?</blockquote>

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