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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Vangarel" data-source="post: 6347911" data-attributes="member: 223">In response to a post on <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?357494-How-Gary-Gygax-lost-control-of-D-amp-D/page2" target="_blank">this thread </a> it got me wondering where everyone first bought/acquired their D&D stuff from and how it's changed since.For me it was the early 1980's and a new kid in school lent me his copy of the Red Box OD&D set saying it's a great game that would be fun to play. After reading through and loving what I saw I searched my local town and found there were 3 outlets selling Dungeons and Dragons books. A bookstore, a newsagents with toys, and a toy store. All were within 5 minutes walk of where I lived. I played a mixed up version of Basic and Advanced.It pretty much stayed this way until the late 1980's when suddenly the local book store no longer stocked D&D materials. The newsagents closed and the toy store shut soon after. Suddenly I couldn't get D&D stuff anymore and the nearest store, as it happens another toy store, was now 20 miles away. Some journey but it coincided with my new found ability to travel huge distances.In the early 1990's my source of all roleplaying materials became a Virgin Megastore, which was now 40 miles from where I lived, they had a much larger selection than the toy store that was closer, so it became my store of choice and buying became a once in a while trip where I'd emerge with a handful of new books and games. I also found a job in another town and as it happened it had a toy store and bookstore selling D&D books so it wasn't so bad and I went to picking up releases for 2nd edition as they happened.By the end of 1990's no stores sold D&D or other roleplaying materials anywhere within 70 miles of where I lived or worked so my purchases turned towards a new online store called Amazon!Today no local stores stock D&D unless you live in a city. It makes me kind of sad that my kids, their friends, and all of their generation won't be exposed to the same opportunities to just pick up the books within their local area <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> as it looks like a neat way to spend some time.If I hadn't had local sources of the game as a kid I probably wouldn't be playing it today.</blockquote>

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