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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 9039477" data-attributes="member: 82106">I strongly doubt you have much to worry about. Heck, you can still buy 1e and 2e books new on Amazon, lol. Well, they are not cheap anymore like they were 10 years ago, but there's a metric boatload of trad games out there, they're going nowhere.As I say, I think there's a huge self-selection in a forum like this. After playing with quite a few groups etc. for many years I have still to meet a GM who has done that. YOU probably haven't met one! (I mean, mirrors aside, lol). There's a long tail out there, but the idea that RPGs, generally speaking, should be designed to cater to that seems odd to me, when it is such a small part of the hobby. The real 'death spiral' in my book is that a few super enthusiast people who WOULD run 1000 session game end up as the loudest voices in the room, and then all the people who are like &quot;wait, I just want a 10 episode series...&quot; leave the hobby because it doesn't really cater to them. Wash, rinse, repeat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 9039477, member: 82106"] I strongly doubt you have much to worry about. Heck, you can still buy 1e and 2e books new on Amazon, lol. Well, they are not cheap anymore like they were 10 years ago, but there's a metric boatload of trad games out there, they're going nowhere. As I say, I think there's a huge self-selection in a forum like this. After playing with quite a few groups etc. for many years I have still to meet a GM who has done that. YOU probably haven't met one! (I mean, mirrors aside, lol). There's a long tail out there, but the idea that RPGs, generally speaking, should be designed to cater to that seems odd to me, when it is such a small part of the hobby. The real 'death spiral' in my book is that a few super enthusiast people who WOULD run 1000 session game end up as the loudest voices in the room, and then all the people who are like "wait, I just want a 10 episode series..." leave the hobby because it doesn't really cater to them. Wash, rinse, repeat. [/QUOTE]

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