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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9465845" data-attributes="member: 6684958">I don't have the whole picture...but the distribution of D&amp;D was a pure mess of chaos.Somehow...many of the big distributors did not carry RPG game books.&nbsp; Or seemed not too.&nbsp; Novels, yes, anything else no.&nbsp; Some...for some reason did not even put them in their catalogs(the ancient old tyme paper catalogs).&nbsp; But if you called them up and ordered RPGs by name they would have them.&nbsp; Sometimes.And in the 90s....&nbsp; Once upon a time I was looking for The Planes of Law boxed set.&nbsp; As a Waldenbooks Otherworlds Member I got the special preview card.&nbsp; Then going to Waldenbooks to buy it at 20% off with my card.&nbsp; And they did not have it.&nbsp; The store had no clue.&nbsp; So we looked it up in the big thick catalog and it was there.&nbsp; Like Item#8675309.&nbsp; So they called (no computers/no internet) to order a couple.....and the&nbsp; distributor says &quot;that is an invalid number&quot;.&nbsp; So....somehow it got into the catalog...but the distributor never got&nbsp; it.&nbsp; I gave up and just bought it at The Game Pit.My guess here is that this was all....somehow...on TSR.&nbsp; I know The Game Pit just ordered things from TSR's Mail Order Hobby Shop(or whatever)...And right before 2000 I remember going to The Keep (the Cool Mall Game Store), before they were bought by WotC.&nbsp; The store was a K-mart (aka modern day Dollar General) mess.&nbsp; They just had boxes of RPG stuff sitting on the floor.&nbsp; I remember opening a box and finding it full of foam peanuts and random RPG books.&nbsp; Like some mad man just tossed it all in the box.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 9465845, member: 6684958"] I don't have the whole picture...but the distribution of D&D was a pure mess of chaos. Somehow...many of the big distributors did not carry RPG game books. Or seemed not too. Novels, yes, anything else no. Some...for some reason did not even put them in their catalogs(the ancient old tyme paper catalogs). But if you called them up and ordered RPGs by name they would have them. Sometimes. And in the 90s.... Once upon a time I was looking for The Planes of Law boxed set. As a Waldenbooks Otherworlds Member I got the special preview card. Then going to Waldenbooks to buy it at 20% off with my card. And they did not have it. The store had no clue. So we looked it up in the big thick catalog and it was there. Like Item#8675309. So they called (no computers/no internet) to order a couple.....and the distributor says "that is an invalid number". So....somehow it got into the catalog...but the distributor never got it. I gave up and just bought it at The Game Pit. My guess here is that this was all....somehow...on TSR. I know The Game Pit just ordered things from TSR's Mail Order Hobby Shop(or whatever)... And right before 2000 I remember going to The Keep (the Cool Mall Game Store), before they were bought by WotC. The store was a K-mart (aka modern day Dollar General) mess. They just had boxes of RPG stuff sitting on the floor. I remember opening a box and finding it full of foam peanuts and random RPG books. Like some mad man just tossed it all in the box. [/QUOTE]

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