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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 9465411" data-attributes="member: 52734">First off, I remember getting my (revised) 1E books at Toys'R'Us, Greyhawk from Waldenbooks and the Companion D&amp;D boxed set from Kaybee Toys.&nbsp; The last I remember getting D&amp;D stuff from a non-bookstore was when the local Kaybee was having a clearance on D&amp;D games and I picked up the War Captain's Companion for Spelljammer - sometime after '93, as I recall. I was one of those ones that found out about D&amp;D due to the Satanic Panic (namely, a blurb on the nightly news when that guy vanished into the pipes under a College - I've forgotten the name).I think it started showing in retail stores when TSR started working with Random House for publishing novels, and thus they were able to distribute to a wide variety of retail stores.&nbsp; As you'll recall TSR went under due to the debt it built up with Random House, so when WotC picked TSR up, they dumped Random House and used WotC's distribution connections.Walmart's a funny case.&nbsp; I seem to remember a quote/stance from Sam Walton that they'd never carry D&amp;D because the game was Satanic.&nbsp; I was quite shocked when I first saw the 5E books in a Walmart.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 9465411, member: 52734"] First off, I remember getting my (revised) 1E books at Toys'R'Us, Greyhawk from Waldenbooks and the Companion D&D boxed set from Kaybee Toys. The last I remember getting D&D stuff from a non-bookstore was when the local Kaybee was having a clearance on D&D games and I picked up the War Captain's Companion for Spelljammer - sometime after '93, as I recall. I was one of those ones that found out about D&D due to the Satanic Panic (namely, a blurb on the nightly news when that guy vanished into the pipes under a College - I've forgotten the name). I think it started showing in retail stores when TSR started working with Random House for publishing novels, and thus they were able to distribute to a wide variety of retail stores. As you'll recall TSR went under due to the debt it built up with Random House, so when WotC picked TSR up, they dumped Random House and used WotC's distribution connections. Walmart's a funny case. I seem to remember a quote/stance from Sam Walton that they'd never carry D&D because the game was Satanic. I was quite shocked when I first saw the 5E books in a Walmart. [/QUOTE]

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