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<blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 8684729" data-attributes="member: 30438">Another thing I remember vividly is that around 1990 or so, it was not uncommon to see 1e books with slashed discounts in stores. Greyhawk Adventures, for example, I picked up for $5, and that was a book under two years old at the time.From the mid 80s until mid 00s, my gaming group remained fairly static and small. Started with four people, eventually lost two, eventually gained two. Part of that was a combination of location, social circles, and social opprobrium. But in the mid-00s things started to change as nerd culture became popular culture.In the original chart, that certainly is a precipitous drop from 1983 to 1984! Interesting, considering 1984 was when the Dragonlance novels were released. I would've thought that would've counted for something.From what I recall the D&amp;D Basic line outsold 1e and 2e AD&amp;D combined, which is saying something. In hindsight, I think it is the most elegantly and succinctly presented version of D&amp;D out there. Even though I started with the red box Basic, when I recently picked up the Moldvay Basic rules, I was impressed by how they also provided a much more easily understood game than AD&amp;D. I love AD&amp;D and all, but in hindsight I consider BECMI to be the better-presented, more concise game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ralif Redhammer, post: 8684729, member: 30438"] Another thing I remember vividly is that around 1990 or so, it was not uncommon to see 1e books with slashed discounts in stores. Greyhawk Adventures, for example, I picked up for $5, and that was a book under two years old at the time. From the mid 80s until mid 00s, my gaming group remained fairly static and small. Started with four people, eventually lost two, eventually gained two. Part of that was a combination of location, social circles, and social opprobrium. But in the mid-00s things started to change as nerd culture became popular culture. In the original chart, that certainly is a precipitous drop from 1983 to 1984! Interesting, considering 1984 was when the Dragonlance novels were released. I would've thought that would've counted for something. From what I recall the D&D Basic line outsold 1e and 2e AD&D combined, which is saying something. In hindsight, I think it is the most elegantly and succinctly presented version of D&D out there. Even though I started with the red box Basic, when I recently picked up the Moldvay Basic rules, I was impressed by how they also provided a much more easily understood game than AD&D. I love AD&D and all, but in hindsight I consider BECMI to be the better-presented, more concise game. [/QUOTE]

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