D&D 5E 40% of 5e D&D players are 25 years old or younger

[Zardnaar]

It's 36% based on the current chart
But they stopped counting kids aged 8-14, but 8-12 was 12% in 2020

Over 40 was a small % iirc. Must be a lot 26-39.

 

[Parmandur]

Over 49 was a small % iirc. Must be a lot 26-39.

Both years 40+ was 11%. Nothing to sneeze at.

 

[Zardnaar]

Both years 40+ was 11%. Nothing to sneeze at.

I mistyped I meant 40 not 49.

Some of those older players might be whales though and buy disproportionate amount of product using a MTG term.

 

[Parmandur]

I mistyped I meant 40 not 49.

Some of those older players might be whales though and buy disproportionate amount of product using a MTG term.

Traditionally, the whales are 18-34: a stage of life where people have more money than when they are younger, andare more free with spending than when they are older. Hence all the TV and movie industry focus that demographic.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I was younger than 25 (13) when I started playing D&D, I don't see why it is so surprising. People between 25 and 50 are too busy with careers and family to spend much time playing D&D.

 

[Zardnaar]

Traditionally, the whales are 18-34: a stage of life where people have more money than when they are younger, andare more free with spending than when they are older. Hence all the TV and movie industry focus that demographic.

Might be different here they're all broke. Surging house prices (made worse by Covid) . If you're over 40 (35 minimum) bought a house 10+ years ago and are mortgage free things are great.

Rents have gone crazy (Seattle type prices nationwide).

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

We are talking about a generation who growed up with videogames, comics, books and movies, with Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and Warcraft, but maybe they knew nothing about the 80's cartoon, with Venger or Uni. This is not the generation who played World of Darkness but they were children for the years of D&D 3rd Ed, and videogames as Baldur's Gate or Newerwinter Nights.

Why the TTRPGs now? I guess Stranger Things and Critical Role also helped but in my opinion is the new players are bored with too many computer role-playing videogames where they only have to kill monsters and to loot to get better item and weapons. They are players who find in the TTRPG the perfect tool to write their own "amateur/fan-art" stories. They can create the characters they like, they can identify with, they can create worlds with their own homebred rules about limits of politically correctness.

They have discovered in the tabletop there are more social interactions, more "human heat", the feeling they are within in a cooperative team. The TTRPGs may be like a therapy for some players, where they can learn about the balance between self-criticism and faith in oneself.

* Older 25 are usually too busy with jobs and families to play, but some parents are starting to play with their own children.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Might be different here they're all broke. Surging house prices (made worse by Covid) . If you're over 40 (35 minimum) bought a house 10+ years ago and are mortgage free things are great.

Rents have gone crazy (Seattle type prices nationwide).

This is a more recent development. In the past, young working adults had lots of disposable income. This Is no longer the case. I'm very conscious of how much easier I had it than my younger players do.

 

[Parmandur]

Might be different here they're all broke. Surging house prices (made worse by Covid) . If you're over 40 (35 minimum) bought a house 10+ years ago and are mortgage free things are great.

Rents have gone crazy (Seattle type prices nationwide).

Man, tell me about it: graduated from college directly into the Great Recession. Still, D&D is a very affordable habit.

 

[Zardnaar]

Man, tell me about it: graduated from college directly into the Great Recession. Still, D&D is a very affordable habit.

I've paid for meals for some of my players before.

Mostly so they're not excluded when we dine out. Students.