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<blockquote data-quote="dimonic" data-source="post: 1243311" data-attributes="member: 10666"><p>One of the classic things that happens is:</p><p></p><p>a) someone discovers a new angle, and exploits it, creating a splash, and great success.</p><p></p><p>b) a bunch of other people recognize this, and begin to ride the wave, competing with the original, but also expanding the wave.</p><p></p><p>c) even more people get on for the ride, until a glut is created, forcing prices down until quality drops</p><p></p><p>d) lots of the above people get hurst, there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth,</p><p></p><p>e) due to the dearth of quality and plethora of undistinguished products, somebody discovera a new angle (a) again.</p><p></p><p>We can all see where we are in this cycle. The most attractive new ideas (as a gamer and DM) that I have seen in this forum have to do with electronic (and other) gamer's aids to save me time and effort in the design, play and bookkeeping phases of the game. I love stuff from "The Game Mechanics", and anything else that streamlines my play.</p><p></p><p>In fact, I personally have so much material that it is a significant (and sometimes deterring) effort to sort through it to find some cool item whose time has come! I need it organized, indexed, whatever. It is getting harder for me to contemplate getting new materials under these circumstances. Also, if I can have all the gaming-bookkeeping under control, and spend 0 time searching for character sheets, scribbled item lists and treasures from a session picked up from 3 weeks ago etc etc, then I can spend more time doing what I love: gaming.</p><p></p><p>Along those lines, I have started a spell catalog database and spell-sheet printer, and I am up to over 1000 spells already from the sources I own, and I have hardly started on Dragon Magazines! My project will include various DM and player assistants, all in an effort to streamline play, and allow me to feel good again about buying more product that I will actually incorporate into my game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dimonic, post: 1243311, member: 10666"] One of the classic things that happens is: a) someone discovers a new angle, and exploits it, creating a splash, and great success. b) a bunch of other people recognize this, and begin to ride the wave, competing with the original, but also expanding the wave. c) even more people get on for the ride, until a glut is created, forcing prices down until quality drops d) lots of the above people get hurst, there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth, e) due to the dearth of quality and plethora of undistinguished products, somebody discovera a new angle (a) again. We can all see where we are in this cycle. The most attractive new ideas (as a gamer and DM) that I have seen in this forum have to do with electronic (and other) gamer's aids to save me time and effort in the design, play and bookkeeping phases of the game. I love stuff from "The Game Mechanics", and anything else that streamlines my play. In fact, I personally have so much material that it is a significant (and sometimes deterring) effort to sort through it to find some cool item whose time has come! I need it organized, indexed, whatever. It is getting harder for me to contemplate getting new materials under these circumstances. Also, if I can have all the gaming-bookkeeping under control, and spend 0 time searching for character sheets, scribbled item lists and treasures from a session picked up from 3 weeks ago etc etc, then I can spend more time doing what I love: gaming. Along those lines, I have started a spell catalog database and spell-sheet printer, and I am up to over 1000 spells already from the sources I own, and I have hardly started on Dragon Magazines! My project will include various DM and player assistants, all in an effort to streamline play, and allow me to feel good again about buying more product that I will actually incorporate into my game. [/QUOTE]
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