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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9465194" data-attributes="member: 4534">I'm old, but I'm not that old, so I don't really know where people were buying D&amp;D back in the 1970s.&nbsp; By the early 1980s, AD&amp;D products were available through mainstream retailers.&nbsp; You could go to the mall and find AD&amp;D books at Kaybee Toy, B. Dalton Booksellers, and I don't know if Sears carried it in their stores but you could get it via the Sears catalog.&nbsp; I'm pretty sure I got my copy of Keep on the Borderlands at a Kaybee Toy store at the Chapel Hills Mall in Colorado Springs circa 1986.&nbsp; I think it was on clearance.&nbsp; At some point, AD&amp;D was no longer at places like Kaybee Toys and you had to rely on boutique hobby shops to get your RPGs.&nbsp; I remember seeing RPGs at B.Dalton, but their stock was sporadic, and I had to rely on Lone Star Comics for my games.&nbsp; While I suspect Satanic Panic had something to do with retaillers of AD&amp;D, I can't help but think it was more complicated than that.&nbsp; Switching to boutique stores was a business decision.&nbsp; Anyone know why?This changed with D&amp;D 3rd edition when you could find the three core books at Target and these days you can find 5th edition at Wal-Mart, Target, Amazon (of course), and probably more places I don't show.&nbsp; What changed to make those viable retail outlets when they weren't in 1989?&nbsp; (Amazon didn't exist of course.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 9465194, member: 4534"] I'm old, but I'm not that old, so I don't really know where people were buying D&D back in the 1970s. By the early 1980s, AD&D products were available through mainstream retailers. You could go to the mall and find AD&D books at Kaybee Toy, B. Dalton Booksellers, and I don't know if Sears carried it in their stores but you could get it via the Sears catalog. I'm pretty sure I got my copy of Keep on the Borderlands at a Kaybee Toy store at the Chapel Hills Mall in Colorado Springs circa 1986. I think it was on clearance. At some point, AD&D was no longer at places like Kaybee Toys and you had to rely on boutique hobby shops to get your RPGs. I remember seeing RPGs at B.Dalton, but their stock was sporadic, and I had to rely on Lone Star Comics for my games. While I suspect Satanic Panic had something to do with retaillers of AD&D, I can't help but think it was more complicated than that. Switching to boutique stores was a business decision. Anyone know why? This changed with D&D 3rd edition when you could find the three core books at Target and these days you can find 5th edition at Wal-Mart, Target, Amazon (of course), and probably more places I don't show. What changed to make those viable retail outlets when they weren't in 1989? (Amazon didn't exist of course.) [/QUOTE]

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