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I think I watched one or two episodes of the Expanse, but was underwhelmed with overwhelming feelings of mehness. As for Rings of Power, let's just say that after somehow completing the first season and a few episodes of the second, I had to spend two weeks curled up in the shower, gently...

I'll make the statement again, but alter it slightly to be more palatable: I believe that older players still matter and buy a significant amount of product - at least enough to "matter." Is there anything wrong with that amended statement, in your eyes?

I get that, but it is a small--if vocal--minority of grognards with certain attitudes, none of which I personally expressed in the OP or this thread. There's also been rather a lot of "ok boomerism" about any statement that doesn't embrace the Latest Thing wholeheartedly. It cuts both ways. As I...

Again, I don't know. In other threads I have said that I think younger players are, and should be, the primary target audience of WotC. This seems rather obvious (and doesn't at all hurt my feelings ;)). As I said above, not only are younger players far greater in number, they're also potential...

No, I don't have hard numbers - but I don't think you do either. But it is really beside the point. Regardless of what the actual numbers are, older players (25+) still make up a significant percentage of purchasing, whether that is 25% or 55% of sales. Again, I'm not saying "more product" or...

I didn't speculate on total numbers - just my sense that the average person over 25 spends more on gaming products (and probably WotC products) than the average 15-25 year old. If you're insistent on proof, feel free to provide some. I could be wrong, but it doesn't really matter either way...

It seems reasonable that people over 25 buy, on average, more product than people 15-25. But focusing on this one statement is a bit misdirecting to the underlying point I made. Again, the broader point isn't that older players matter more (again, never said that - at all), but that they still...

You completely missed the point of the post and instead seem to want to use this as a soapbox to rail against what you feel like are entitled grognards. I'm not playing that game, because it simply isn't what I was talking about. Again, I'd suggest you reconsider your assumptions about what the...

Well, you got the wrong impression. Nowhere did I say that "whatever products are produced must prioritize grognard interests first, and everything else second." It really starts and ends with that mis-reading on your part. Meaning, re-examine that and then you'll find your second question to be...

I would have thought it would be obvious from what I wrote: Of course there is a difference. Nowhere did I say that grognards should be the primary focus, and it really confuses me how anyone could take it that way. And I repeated that several times throughout the thread.

No, it makes you a Quantum Grognard.

OK, OK. First post edited.

Probably has been said, but I think the biggest reason is that most campaigns just peter out before reaching a high level. Secondary factors are probably related to complexity - on both the DM and player side. Tertiary factors might have to do with ennui, boredom, wanting to start afresh.

And I thought I just came up with that term! (see post right after yours)

I dunno, people often have nostalgia for things they haven't experienced: see "Stranger Things," which was created by Millenials about Gen-Xers. I suppose we could fine-tune and differentiate between "lived nostalgia" and..."retro nostalgia?" I love a lot of funk and fusion from the 70s, but...

Hmm. So it could be digital only, like the supplements they put out a decade ago or so. But, it also makes sense as a hardcover. I sense that WotC is fishing for more worlds, and with the departure of (can't remember his name) may be less likely to go with new ones, and more likely to go with...

I've read a bit of this thread early on, but is it confirmed that this is actually going to be a setting book ala Theros and Ravnica? or is it TBD what format this takes?

I sort of see it like the older D&D players version of slurs that have been reclaimed and are used in a humorous, self-mocking sort of way. But I guess I don't take such matters as seriously as some do.

Certainly, sir. And of course (as I tired to make clear), the categorizations are just a bit of fun and rather silly. I mean, I think Luke Gygax is chronologically Master level, but gets honorary Grandmastery. I suppose anyone who was playing D&D before the AD&D books game out probably gets...