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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7781249" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>OTOH, [MENTION=52548]Aaron[/MENTION]L, I'm really not a fan of fantasy literature. I'm a much larger fan of SF, and, frequently, I read short fiction more than not. And, frankly, while I have read a lot of the pulp sources of D&D, I'd rather read stuff that doesn't make me want to wash my eyes out with bleach afterwards. The rampant racism, misogyny and outright bigotry of the pulps just puts me off so much. I read the works, but, I certainly didn't enjoy the experience.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes, it might be better to let history die.</p><p></p><p>And, yeah, I have to echo the question about the number of folks that rely on published gaming material instead of making up their own stuff. WotC has stated in the past that 50% of gamers use home-brew worlds, so, right there, you've got a big group of gamers that isn't using published stuff. And, even folks using a pre-published world might still be creating their own adventures for that world. Personally, I tend to go about 50:50. I'll use modules, and I'll make up my own stuff. And, really, back in the day, it was about 50:50 too. We played the crap out of modules back then too.</p><p></p><p>To put it another way, you don't sell a million copies of Keep on the Borderlands if no one is playing modules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7781249, member: 22779"] OTOH, [MENTION=52548]Aaron[/MENTION]L, I'm really not a fan of fantasy literature. I'm a much larger fan of SF, and, frequently, I read short fiction more than not. And, frankly, while I have read a lot of the pulp sources of D&D, I'd rather read stuff that doesn't make me want to wash my eyes out with bleach afterwards. The rampant racism, misogyny and outright bigotry of the pulps just puts me off so much. I read the works, but, I certainly didn't enjoy the experience. Sometimes, it might be better to let history die. And, yeah, I have to echo the question about the number of folks that rely on published gaming material instead of making up their own stuff. WotC has stated in the past that 50% of gamers use home-brew worlds, so, right there, you've got a big group of gamers that isn't using published stuff. And, even folks using a pre-published world might still be creating their own adventures for that world. Personally, I tend to go about 50:50. I'll use modules, and I'll make up my own stuff. And, really, back in the day, it was about 50:50 too. We played the crap out of modules back then too. To put it another way, you don't sell a million copies of Keep on the Borderlands if no one is playing modules. [/QUOTE]
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