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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9863377" data-attributes="member: 18">Yeah and I don't disagree, but I think d20 caused a temporary burst of investment by companies and people who could barely afford it, and interest ceased much sooner than people expected (in part because a lot of the d20 games were not very good as games, and in a lot of cases there were a large number of products competing for each genre but all trying to use d20 mechanics which meant they competed with each other more than usual), which left a lot of them dead or dormant, even if we remember the small number (almost exclusively or exclusively 3PP 3E D&D product makers) saw long-term success.I approve heartily! That's how you do it!The first time I went to a US FLGS was I think 1993, and we visited a few in Massachusetts, because my dad knew my brother and I adored them, and they actually weren't as well-stocked with very recent RPG stuff as Orc's Nest and Virgin Megastore (i.e. World of Darkness, Cyberpunk 2020, Shadowrun, etc.), but they did have a lot of fascinating bits and bobs from earlier, and the sheer space meant they often had like ALL the sourcebooks for something.</blockquote>