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Message: <blockquote data-quote="exile" data-source="post: 6514288" data-attributes="member: 20068">The release/marketing paradigm this time around seems to be big adventure paths and free (but exclusive) smaller adventures, all of which feed directly into the AL program. Get people into brick and mortar stores and get them to buy minis, boardgames, and Attack Wing. They are starving people who want additional material for home games (and I realize that not everyone wants said material; I'm not sure if I do or not).What I'm not sure of is this. How much does WotC benefit from sales of things like minis and Attack Wing made by companies like WizKids and GF9? Again, I'm not sure. I've said it elsewhere before, but I really think with this edition, WotC is really more interested in supporting brick and mortar stores than they are the edition itself. Why? Brick and mortar stores are the lifeblood of Magic, and that cash cow cannot be allowed to die. Note: this all sounds pretty cynical, and in a lot of ways it probably is; but I say it as someone who loves D&D, likes the new edition, lives RPGs, and even likes Magic.Not too many years ago, I probably wouldn't have been complaining about this, but personal circumstances have changed. Where once I lived near games stores, I no longer do. When I did try to run Encounters (in the town from which I recently moved), I felt more like an unpaid babysitter of some pretty annoying kids than a DM (god bless the teachers); I had zero fun. That is not to say that I am unwilling to support and grow the game. I have. I still do. I am about to introduce 3-4 new players to PFS this weekend... from the comfort of my own home.This post is pissy because I am unhappy. I am bitter. I dislike the current structure of AL play, but love organized play in general-! And believe that it can and should exist side by side with home play. I am not posting to tear down what AL is trying to build. I am trying to plead to them. Guys, there is a fragment of your market (or maybe it is just me) who has been disenfranchised by the way you are currently doing things.</blockquote>

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