For what its worth the other person I know in my country that plays, left for a while and now he is back after getting a stable job and a new group.... he moved out of state and now he is happily back.

 I still like the game and will keep playing DDM or rpg whatever we can play on weekends, we now have an AAM & WAS group too, so if we can still mix successfully all the games we will keep doing it.

 My collection is now 10,000 minis strong and my only complaint is storage of the minis and their cards....

 On the financial side I am doing great, so no worries there......

I really think there is an obvious trend here as you read, so let me sum it all up:

#1  People are tired of all the new monsters, there are simply too many new, and we want the classics!  I know from a marketing standpoint it seems bad to give us all of them, but our pocket books are not endless and eventually we will stop paying for the stuff we don't want in the first place (new monster figures).

#2  New books adding rules is a negative, it's a complicated game to start with and adding more just makes it more confusing.  Not saying new stuff is entirely bad, just saying it becomes overwhelming and too expensive in the long run.  I am actually thinking of starting my own world with little magic, therefor making it rare and fantastic when you actually fine that special weapon or tomb of spells.  In this campaign players and myself would only use the core books and everything else is off limits without special DM permission.  Some power player will complain slightly early on I am sure but eventually they will see how it builds the anticipation and excitement of the game, and creates what I hope to be a little more role playing and a little less hack and slash.

#3  Any supplements like large terrain maps that are generic are always welcome, but stop putting buildings on them please.  With one specific location you have destroyed the chance that I can use it more than once unless we walk by the same building in the forest every 100 feet (I don't think so!).  Suggestions:  large battle maps with open ocean, forest, hills, mountains, etc... (very, very, very useful)

#4  Dungeon Tiles are a cool idea.  Keep working with the concept as I personally believe it is heading in the right direction with the Wilderness set, just remember very generic is good especially for the largest pieces (see #3).

#5  Many of us are RPG players only and we need the classics not new minis and more monster manuals.  Even remaking sculpts is a cooler idea than countless new monsters.  Don't get me wrong a few cool monsters now and then is good but we have now reached severe overkill.  A new monster manual every 3-5 years would be just fine.

#6  New Adventures and campaigns are always good and save us DM's serious time (personally I would like a low magic campaign where at level 8 you might be lucky to have a small handful of magic weapons or equipment)  I always like the Dragonlance Chronicles series because magic we wonderous and seemed rare.  For example Raistlin uses are magic missile or sleep spell and everyone is in shock at his power.  Healing was unheard of until Goldsmoon arrived, and magic weapons are nearly unheard of meaning finding a +1 longsword is really really exciting stuff.

#7  Smaller sets for less money might be something to check into, I would bet there is a market there.  And random minis may start pushing people away as they only want what they need.  Modules with minis for every encounter and maps for them is a fantastic idea.  I ran the Red Hand super adventure and it was awesome, if we would have had premade encounter maps with all the minis needed, WOW!!!  This idea would be a huge seller I would bet.

Summary:  More classics and resculpts and way less new creatures.

Thanks for listening,
tirwin (oh and before I forget a blacked robe Raistlin is a must!)