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<blockquote data-quote="ggroy" data-source="post: 4946336" data-attributes="member: 83805">A better question is what type of people have been buying 4E 3PP books, whether in print or pdf/print-on-demand.Of the 4E DMs and players I know or have met over the last year or so (here locally and at conventions), I got the impression it has been mainly the hardcore DMs which have been regularly buying 4E 3PP modules and some player specific splatbooks.&nbsp; The only players I know of who bought any 4E 3PP player specific splatbooks, were almost always the powergamer &quot;munchkin&quot; type players.&nbsp; Though in the case of 4E powergamers, some have stopped buying any 3PP splatbooks when the DM of their games have banned many 4E 3PP player specific splatbooks for being too &quot;overpowered&quot; or some other unspecified reasons.At the present time, I have no idea how many munchkin powergamers are still buying any 4E 3PP player specific splatbooks.&nbsp; At several nearby FLGS, the owners have mentioned that the Mongoose 4E &quot;Quintessential ...&quot; books have sold very few copies.If there is reason to believe that many 4E players and DMs will not buy any 4E 3PP products, it would not be surprising to see that the main customers left for 4E 3PP products are the hardcore DMs and maybe a few munchkin powergamers.&nbsp; I don't know what percentage of 4E DMs would be in the &quot;hardcore&quot; category, but a 4E 3PP market catering primarily to hardcore 4E DMs may possibly be the only viable market left at this point for 4E 3PP publishers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ggroy, post: 4946336, member: 83805"] A better question is what type of people have been buying 4E 3PP books, whether in print or pdf/print-on-demand. Of the 4E DMs and players I know or have met over the last year or so (here locally and at conventions), I got the impression it has been mainly the hardcore DMs which have been regularly buying 4E 3PP modules and some player specific splatbooks. The only players I know of who bought any 4E 3PP player specific splatbooks, were almost always the powergamer "munchkin" type players. Though in the case of 4E powergamers, some have stopped buying any 3PP splatbooks when the DM of their games have banned many 4E 3PP player specific splatbooks for being too "overpowered" or some other unspecified reasons. At the present time, I have no idea how many munchkin powergamers are still buying any 4E 3PP player specific splatbooks. At several nearby FLGS, the owners have mentioned that the Mongoose 4E "Quintessential ..." books have sold very few copies. If there is reason to believe that many 4E players and DMs will not buy any 4E 3PP products, it would not be surprising to see that the main customers left for 4E 3PP products are the hardcore DMs and maybe a few munchkin powergamers. I don't know what percentage of 4E DMs would be in the "hardcore" category, but a 4E 3PP market catering primarily to hardcore 4E DMs may possibly be the only viable market left at this point for 4E 3PP publishers. [/QUOTE]

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