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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 3471412" data-attributes="member: 8530">Ah yes, I recall that era quite well.&nbsp; &nbsp; Back in 1997-1998 my wife and I were the RPGA Coordinators for two good-sized gaming conventions here in New England.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We had held that role for one of those conventions for about five years at that point and TSR's support of RPGA changed drastically towards the end.&nbsp; &nbsp; Earlier on there had been quite a bit of personal contact, support for conventions getting modules written and published for RPGA, enthusiastic TSR staffers coming to the coventions to promote the company's newest products and a nice assortment of product sent to use as prizes. Towards the end it was the exact opposite - it was impossible to get a hold of anybody, most of our writers were never paid for their submissions during the final year (although their modules were put on the RPGA list for other conventions to buy), TSR continued to fly staff to conventions but the only product they brought was Dragon Dice which they would play with personal friends and only let convention attendees watch without interruption, and the products sent as prizes would be 15-20 copies each of three different two-year-products that never sold designed for a specific setting. I know that from a convention support standpoint WotC stepping in was greatly welcomed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 3471412, member: 8530"] Ah yes, I recall that era quite well. Back in 1997-1998 my wife and I were the RPGA Coordinators for two good-sized gaming conventions here in New England. We had held that role for one of those conventions for about five years at that point and TSR's support of RPGA changed drastically towards the end. Earlier on there had been quite a bit of personal contact, support for conventions getting modules written and published for RPGA, enthusiastic TSR staffers coming to the coventions to promote the company's newest products and a nice assortment of product sent to use as prizes. Towards the end it was the exact opposite - it was impossible to get a hold of anybody, most of our writers were never paid for their submissions during the final year (although their modules were put on the RPGA list for other conventions to buy), TSR continued to fly staff to conventions but the only product they brought was Dragon Dice which they would play with personal friends and only let convention attendees watch without interruption, and the products sent as prizes would be 15-20 copies each of three different two-year-products that never sold designed for a specific setting. I know that from a convention support standpoint WotC stepping in was greatly welcomed. [/QUOTE]

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