tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post6609065382856802896..comments2023-12-23T02:17:12.549-08:00Comments on Quest for Fun!: Economics of AdventureGary Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-16867387603321431032008-03-11T12:54:00.000-07:002008-03-11T12:54:00.000-07:00No, but I wnat to have a complete collection so th...No, but I wnat to have a complete collection so that when I retire for real, and have the time, I can play the game.<BR/><BR/>Who? Me? Never!JoeDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768616880852081399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-34037693584654253152008-03-11T11:56:00.000-07:002008-03-11T11:56:00.000-07:00The readers are a pretty small percentage, but the...The readers are a pretty small percentage, but the good news is that they like to talk about books, so you do get to know them. Sometimes you meet them when you start asking questions. "That's the twenty-seventh expansion to a game system that is ten years out of print. Do you, uh, play that game now?"Gary Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-28585751310888842892008-03-11T11:52:00.000-07:002008-03-11T11:52:00.000-07:00Have you ever tried to calculate the percentage of...Have you ever tried to calculate the percentage of folks who buy RPG books just to read them, with little to no intention of ever playing them?<BR/><BR/>That's the category into which I fall.librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910979028549627470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-34297014529683604142008-03-11T11:07:00.000-07:002008-03-11T11:07:00.000-07:00Some reasons that the old adventures are desirable...Some reasons that the old adventures are desirable include:<BR/><BR/>nostalgia - remembering how much fun you had with them, and wanting to run through the adventure again, now that you've forgotten enough of it to make it challenging.<BR/><BR/>Feeling left out - people talk about this great adventure, and you never went through it, or ran it.<BR/><BR/>Sharing - wanting to share that fun adventure with a new group of players.<BR/><BR/>Competition - if it's oop and hard to find, your PCs have less chance of browsing through it at the shop, and this forcing you to burn them at the stake and skewer them on a portcullis (or whatever the punishment is).<BR/><BR/>WOTC Hating - If you buy the old adventure, WOTC makes no profit.<BR/><BR/>Environmental awareness - if you recycle an old adventure, you are saving trees and contributing to global climate stasis.JoeDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768616880852081399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-21225401030704243002008-03-11T09:28:00.000-07:002008-03-11T09:28:00.000-07:00Yes, 4th edition has simplified handedness, a tren...Yes, 4th edition has simplified handedness, a trend that began with Skills & Powers in 2nd Edition, morphed with Two-Weapon Fighting in 3rd and now only requires that you determine the percentage of handedness used by your character based on which hand the player uses to roll the dice. It's a much better system overall. Everyone says. It must be true.Gary Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897166491600280320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150649422744296369.post-26986165457628164572008-03-11T08:55:00.000-07:002008-03-11T08:55:00.000-07:00But won't that be superceded by the announced rele...But won't that be superceded by the announced release of "The Compleat Ambidextrous Enchanter - and other Adventurers" with D&D 4.0?JoeDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768616880852081399noreply@blogger.com