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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8719301" data-attributes="member: 6796661"><p>Sorry, I'm not seeing it. The luxury and collector markets have always been there, in D&D and any hobby. But I see it more in older players and we know that most of us regular posters tend to be older and more likely to have discretionary income to pour into our hobbies than we did when we were young. </p><p></p><p>My middle-school son and his group make their own adventures and homebrew and barely spend anything on the hobby. My son could borrow any of my books, but he never has. They have their own thing going on and that's awesome. </p><p></p><p>Also, the very nature of TTRPGs leads to homebrewing in my experience. You already have to use your imagination and make so much stuff up, both as DM and player, just to play the game. It naturally leads to "what if" tinkering. If you add to that the increased time and fewer responsibilities of youth, it is fertile ground for creation. </p><p></p><p>Even for for an "older" player like myself, I got back into TTRPGs when 5e came out after not playing since 1990/1991. Very soon after getting bit by that bug, I was looking at other games, including many that were free. Just to explore very different styles of TTRPG. </p><p></p><p>I would say its the same as it always was, but that's not true. The internet, especially with social media, VTTs, video conferencing, and other modern tools provide an endless sea of free content and ways to share your own DIY and find players to try your DIY out. That fact that some people spend as much on a gaming table as nice used car, or that there are collectors who buy everything WotC sells plus premium, leather-bound books from lots of Kickstarters has no perceptible effect on this ocean of DIY creativity. It has never been easier to play for free.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 8719301, member: 6796661"] Sorry, I'm not seeing it. The luxury and collector markets have always been there, in D&D and any hobby. But I see it more in older players and we know that most of us regular posters tend to be older and more likely to have discretionary income to pour into our hobbies than we did when we were young. My middle-school son and his group make their own adventures and homebrew and barely spend anything on the hobby. My son could borrow any of my books, but he never has. They have their own thing going on and that's awesome. Also, the very nature of TTRPGs leads to homebrewing in my experience. You already have to use your imagination and make so much stuff up, both as DM and player, just to play the game. It naturally leads to "what if" tinkering. If you add to that the increased time and fewer responsibilities of youth, it is fertile ground for creation. Even for for an "older" player like myself, I got back into TTRPGs when 5e came out after not playing since 1990/1991. Very soon after getting bit by that bug, I was looking at other games, including many that were free. Just to explore very different styles of TTRPG. I would say its the same as it always was, but that's not true. The internet, especially with social media, VTTs, video conferencing, and other modern tools provide an endless sea of free content and ways to share your own DIY and find players to try your DIY out. That fact that some people spend as much on a gaming table as nice used car, or that there are collectors who buy everything WotC sells plus premium, leather-bound books from lots of Kickstarters has no perceptible effect on this ocean of DIY creativity. It has never been easier to play for free. [/QUOTE]
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