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<blockquote data-quote="rowport" data-source="post: 2886361" data-attributes="member: 9729">Well, keeping in mind that anecodotal evidence is pretty meaningless in small piecemeal chunks... and especially so since our little group tends to buy *far* more game product than most AFAICT... a couple of years ago I bought much more loosely than I do now, even with some games I knew very little about.&nbsp; But, I quickly realized that I would rarely- if ever- play them, so started paring down my purchases to the systems that I knew I would play, really liked, or could at least *possibly* play.&nbsp; (Those three categories were D&amp;D, HERO, and other genre d20 games, respectively.)&nbsp; By this year, though, I have stopped buying even the HERO or Arcana Evolved, Mutants &amp; Masterminds, d20 Modern and some other great d20 games.&nbsp; Now I just buy D&amp;D books.&nbsp; Some of that is because I *might* use them in-game- even if only a feat or prestige class.&nbsp; Some of that is because I really enjoy reading them- moreso with WOTC D&amp;D books than most other game books (M&amp;M being a notable exception- they are very readable books).&nbsp; But, just as importantly, I have far more content already without really needing any more for years, if ever.&nbsp; There is just no way that I could play out all the nifty character ideas I would like, even if just playing D&amp;D with our normal group.&nbsp; If you add d20 Modern, Future, etc. I could have years more- and I have only actually *played* d20 Modern a few times, mostly at GameDays!I like reading game books, so I keep buying them, but I really think there is just so much available that there is an excess of options already.OTOH, I do *not* like pdf books.&nbsp; I have bought some, but end up printing them out anyway, which misses the point.&nbsp; I prefer a nice sturdy (HC better still) book.&nbsp; I also do *not* like online gaming.&nbsp; It is not roleplaying IMO, and really dull.&nbsp; I do like single player CRPGs, though, so I suspect that I am unusual that way.&nbsp; Anyway, none of these seem to have any impact whatsoever on my buying RPGs.&nbsp; Comic books used to, OTOH; I buy far more game material now than I did when I bought more comics.&nbsp; So, maybe your entertainment dollars do just shift around.&nbsp; I dunno.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />EDIT: I just remembered: as an exception to my own buying patterns above, I pre-ordered &quot;Damnation Decade&quot; from Green Ronin, a d20 Modern setting based on 1970s apocolyptic movies.&nbsp; I might never get to play it, or maybe just a one-shot game, but that just sounds coolio.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="rowport, post: 2886361, member: 9729"] Well, keeping in mind that anecodotal evidence is pretty meaningless in small piecemeal chunks... and especially so since our little group tends to buy *far* more game product than most AFAICT... a couple of years ago I bought much more loosely than I do now, even with some games I knew very little about. But, I quickly realized that I would rarely- if ever- play them, so started paring down my purchases to the systems that I knew I would play, really liked, or could at least *possibly* play. (Those three categories were D&D, HERO, and other genre d20 games, respectively.) By this year, though, I have stopped buying even the HERO or Arcana Evolved, Mutants & Masterminds, d20 Modern and some other great d20 games. Now I just buy D&D books. Some of that is because I *might* use them in-game- even if only a feat or prestige class. Some of that is because I really enjoy reading them- moreso with WOTC D&D books than most other game books (M&M being a notable exception- they are very readable books). But, just as importantly, I have far more content already without really needing any more for years, if ever. There is just no way that I could play out all the nifty character ideas I would like, even if just playing D&D with our normal group. If you add d20 Modern, Future, etc. I could have years more- and I have only actually *played* d20 Modern a few times, mostly at GameDays! I like reading game books, so I keep buying them, but I really think there is just so much available that there is an excess of options already. OTOH, I do *not* like pdf books. I have bought some, but end up printing them out anyway, which misses the point. I prefer a nice sturdy (HC better still) book. I also do *not* like online gaming. It is not roleplaying IMO, and really dull. I do like single player CRPGs, though, so I suspect that I am unusual that way. Anyway, none of these seem to have any impact whatsoever on my buying RPGs. Comic books used to, OTOH; I buy far more game material now than I did when I bought more comics. So, maybe your entertainment dollars do just shift around. I dunno. ;) EDIT: I just remembered: as an exception to my own buying patterns above, I pre-ordered "Damnation Decade" from Green Ronin, a d20 Modern setting based on 1970s apocolyptic movies. I might never get to play it, or maybe just a one-shot game, but that just sounds coolio. ;) [/QUOTE]

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