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I have a prototype that's a boardgame in which players make up very simple RPG characters (skill/module based, more or less) and either a referee or a set of cards (that's the tough part) control the opposition. I'm not sure it will ever amount to anything, even if I figure out the...

The economy? No, the collapse of the RPG market considerably predates the collapse of the economy. Boardgames are selling very well, because in economic bad times people move to forms of entertainment that are big value for money, but RPGs still suffer... The majority of young people *are*...

Hi Mark, The problem is that tabletop RPG sales SUCK. And have for several years, perhaps excepting sales of the very largest companies. Most young people, even those who play video games a lot, have not played tabletop RPGs. The point of my original response was, I guess, that there isn't...

Fair enough. The really good refs will usually find/make a good group. But the marginally good ones might not be able to arrange it all on their own.

Interesting discussion. Tabletop RPGs aren't popular compared to computer RPGs because: 1) people don't need to read the computer RPG rules 2) you can play a computer RPG solo, can't do that with tabletop 3) while tabletop is generally more fun with a good referee, most referees aren't so good...

Someday... I, too, have thought about redoing that article, but my problem is the same one that caused me to quit writing for Dragon 20-some years ago: they insist on buying all rights, and that is just plain wrong. Perhaps sometime I'll do it, having been encouraged by this comment. Right now...