![]() At least 3 of those shops used to have weekly D&D nights on their calendars. I happen to live within driving distance of no less than 6 game stores, and of those 4 carry extremely limited D&D merchandise, while 2 have surprisingly strong selections. I think that many of those people who play online will absolutely keep playing either because they don't have local people to play with, or they don't care about in person vs. Part of this boils down to the sheer volume of people who can easily play online, but not in person because there isn't a hobby shop or game store anywhere even close to them. I would think that there are a huge number of people who will play online that wouldn't ever play at a hobby shop. I guess WotC thinks that shops will still carry their merch and minis if they aren't getting help from D&D sending players to their shop. A lot of people meet and play in hobby shops and it helps the shop get business. However, you aren't going to see people sticking with D&D they would get playing in person. Well hobby shops are where people gather to play D&D. ![]() I don't think that they need the hobby shops. If WOTC sell direct to the end user then WOTC gets more of the profit from each book. Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse ![]()
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