Quote from: Fiasco;412821This isn't meant to be a woe is me story, just curious to see if others feel the same way.  I am interested in other RPGs, plan on running an OD&D campaign, but I've always liked to stay in touch with the lastest edition of D&D as well. I feel like there has been a hole in my gaming world since mid 2007.

Not my case. My favourite RPG is RuneQuest III, from Avalon Hill, they stopped doing it many years ago, and that's it. I'm running Griffin Island these days, an irregular Vikings game, so I guess that the presence or absence of the game at the FLGS has no impact whatsoever.

I never payed attention to that, to be honest. Since I can buy through Internet most of my purchases are done that way, but here in Barcelona we have some outstanding stores, and it's nice to visit them. I just keep my eyes open, and don't expect them to carry any particular game. After all, if I need something specifical, there are many venues to get it.

I guess that I don't have any brand loyalty, either to a publisher or to a game. For me, this is a Golden Age because you have so much cool stuff available everywhere, not because stores carry the variety of products I like.

I would go back and fill in the gaps in game lines from the past, except...I already have almost everything I'd want for any given game I have already.

I don't miss buying expansion books. I've always been a little bit picky about exactly what I wanted to buy. But I miss the magazines. I used to pick up all kinds of magazines. Alarums and Excursions was my favorite, but I regularly picked up Shadis, Cryptich, Dungeon and Dragon (even when I wasn't playing much D&D) Space Gamer, Challenge, Pyramid, White Wolf/Inphobia, d8, and all the other little zines that came and went there for a while. I loved those things.

I tried to follow various websites back in the Geocities days, but they were hard to find. Blogs tend to be pretty specific in point of view, and pretty thin on usable game content. Podcasts are iffy. You get good game reviews, but not much else. Hit or miss interviews. Again, not much of anything I can take to the game table.

There was a great article in White Wolf (I think) about the South Louisiana arcology in Shadowrun. Cajun dwarves and whatnot. We actually gamed that out for a few months. That's the sort of thing I miss. I enjoyed looking at the huge variety of that kind of stuff, even if I wasn't going to take some particular thing to the table.

Quote from: Imperator;412887Since I can buy through Internet most of my purchases are done that way...

I buy almost all my RPG stuff through the Internet, too (including the out of print stuff I want).  For some reason that isn't true for miniatures gaming, but it's definitely true for RPGs.

I miss buying D&D modules and poring through them, getting my imagination fired up, imagining how awesome it would be to play through. I never played through a lot of my modules, but I loved reading them. I haven't felt that way about a module in a long, long time. Like, probably since White Plume Mountain and Temple of Elemental Evil.

I'm interested in games beyond D&D, no matter the edition. I have the same feeling, but it's not related to D&D - it's because my FLGSes are increasingly empty. I used to be able to walk in and drop $100 a week and still not have everything I wanted. Now I might scrape together enough to buy $100. There just isn't enough product available.

Seanchai

Quote from: Seanchai;412895I have the same feeling, but it's not related to D&D - it's because my FLGSes are increasingly empty.

Over the years, the gaming stores nearby have changed their emphasis.  Two have moved more towards collectible card games and board games, with a significant reduction in rpg games.  The evening games at these places, are now mostly card games (ie. Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh, etc ...) with only a 4E D&D Encounters game once a week.  No Pathfinder or any other rpg games.  The rpg inventory is mostly a small 4E D&D section.

Quote from: ggroy;412902Over the years, the gaming stores nearby have changed their emphasis.  Two have moved more towards collectible card games and board games, with a significant reduction in rpg games.  The evening games at these places, are now mostly card games (ie. Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh, etc ...) with only a 4E D&D Encounters game once a week.  No Pathfinder or any other rpg games.  The rpg inventory is mostly a small 4E D&D section.

My two here in Denver always carried a large selection of wargames, board games, and card games. I've been visiting one since 1993 and one longer than that. There RPG section has always been at least as large as each other individual type of product (almost, in some cases, greater than them combined). Until now.

Seanchai

I hear you guys, and I sort of felt wistful about it, too, but upon further consideration, I already have more systems then I'm ever going to run that I'm interested in.  It keeps me busy.

I think as a few people have already hinted, age is a factor. Sure as you get older you may have more disposable income, but at the same time chances are:

1. You probably don't have as much free time as you used to.

2. You probably already have more gaming material than you will ever get to use.

3.  You probably figured out by now that getting the latest game or supplement is going to make a lot less difference to your gaming than advertised.

Personally, I'd like to see myself trim down my game collection to just a handful of games that all get a lot of play. I've made progress in this direction, but there is still all to of dead wood I keep because I kind of like the art or it was hard to find in the first place. I'll get there.

Yeah. I expect to be disappointed with a rack of nothing but 4e stuff when I hit any of the nearby brick & mortar game stores. It's really sad when I can expect Borders and Barnes & Nobles (where I've found Pathfinder and Green Ronin stuff) have a better selection than my FLGS.

These days, I mainly go to the FLGS to get minis and treat the kids to ice cream (which they serve as a key part of their business).

Fortunately for me, the new gaming store doesn't serve ice cream but does carry Pathfinder and soon GR.

Quote from: Philotomy Jurament;412834... I feel like my renewed interest in BRP and Runequest just opened this kind of thing up to me, again...

Quote from: Simlasa;412866The upswing in BRP stuff has me buying a lot more lately too...

Yes, we seem to be enjoying something of a 'BRP Renaissance' now!

Quote from: ggroy;412835Earlier this year, Mongoose Runequest 2 (MRQ2) sparked my interest again while simultaneously 4E D&D was already dropping off in my purchases.

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But after the two major editing botch jobs (ie. MRQ2 Arms & Equipment and Necromancy), my interest fell flat again.  At this point, I'm in a wait and see mode with each new MRQ2 release.  Any further major botch jobs, and I'll probably forgo MRQ2 altogether.

Mongoose's editing incompetence has driven me away from purchasing most of their books.

Fortunately, the core MRQII book and Monster Coliseum were adequately edited.  And I'll get Vikings soon (once I'm settled back in Toronto), since I'm a sucker for vikings (must be my Nordic blood).  But, by Odin's plucked eye, Mongoose's unending editing problems make me gnash my teeth!  

Fortunately, Mongoose isn't the only source for MRQII products.  Cubicle 7's 'Clockwork and Chivalry' books are superb (but then I'm a huge fan of the 17th Century England).  And there are cool things being produced for BRP and OpenQuest as well!

I know I'm repeating myself, but in the hopes of one day getting an answer: I REALLY wonder what the hell is going on with Mongoose's editing process. They are losing A LOT of business because of it. I'm convinced of it. It's been going on for YEARS, and they ARE aware of it. Yet, the problems persist. I just do not understand.