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<blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6996934" data-attributes="member: 6701872">It kind of doesn't though.I mean, yes, people do collect D&amp;D products (or other game products). But that is not because it is part of the nature of the D&amp;D game to be collected, it is because there is significant overlap between the groups of people who find collecting enjoyable and the groups of people who find D&amp;D (or other game products) to be enjoyable.So while there are a significant number of people that have humongous collections of D&amp;D products, and usually also have other collections whether they are board games, action figures, video games, stamps, minerals or something even less typical, there are a significant number that never even consider buying a D&amp;D product that they don't intend to use.I think the non-collector D&amp;D fans actually outnumber the collector D&amp;D fans, but that is because of the couple hundred folks I've personally gamed with, only a handful are collectors to any degree, and one of them (myself) has become a non-collector in recent years for various reason (namely a hurricane, the cost to replace what was lost being staggering, and realizing while working to rebuild the collection that I really didn't feel like I was missing anything important)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AaronOfBarbaria, post: 6996934, member: 6701872"] It kind of doesn't though. I mean, yes, people do collect D&D products (or other game products). But that is not because it is part of the nature of the D&D game to be collected, it is because there is significant overlap between the groups of people who find collecting enjoyable and the groups of people who find D&D (or other game products) to be enjoyable. So while there are a significant number of people that have humongous collections of D&D products, and usually also have other collections whether they are board games, action figures, video games, stamps, minerals or something even less typical, there are a significant number that never even consider buying a D&D product that they don't intend to use. I think the non-collector D&D fans actually outnumber the collector D&D fans, but that is because of the couple hundred folks I've personally gamed with, only a handful are collectors to any degree, and one of them (myself) has become a non-collector in recent years for various reason (namely a hurricane, the cost to replace what was lost being staggering, and realizing while working to rebuild the collection that I really didn't feel like I was missing anything important) [/QUOTE]

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