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Yeah, that was how I thought about it, but before making my post I looked it up. "In the U.S., the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan think tank, delineates a Generation X period of 1965–1980 which has gradually gained acceptance in academic circles." and "Writing for Pew's Trend magazine in...

I mean today. While D&D experience its first boom in 80s, and many kids played it at the time, the majority gave it up as they became adults. Among those who did play and gave it up who are in their 40s and above today, many find it strange when people their age are still playing it. Further...

I don't mean when you were young. For folks in their early to mid 40s and older, I think many would find it strange for adults to be playing TTRPGs. I don't think that is the case for people in their 20s. Just personal experience. I don't know if there are any good polls or studies on this.

Yes. Back in the 80s about the only notes I had were keyed notes for a map. VTT map pins are no different.

Age and industry make a difference. Generation X and older will tend to hold more negative connotations about TTRPGs than younger generation, in my experience. Also in my experience, for people in their 40s and older, I'm far more likely to find people participating in, or interested in, the...

Paying for a hosting service for Foundry like The Forge or Molten can really help with this. If you have the option of upping your bandwidth that may be a better deal than paying for hosting, but if your location prevents using a hosting service will free up bandwidth.

I can understand why some people feel that their PC is good enough and have no desire to buy a new one just for a game, even if they can afford it. But I equally understand why a group playing an online game would require a certain level of equipment, bandwidth, and technical knowledge.

Yeah, if it is a new group, that would be a red flag for me to nope out. First, I get annoyed at the sound of chewing, especially annoying when they are on mic and you are wearing a head phone. That's just a personal misphonia--heck some people enjoy it given the subculture of ASMR. But when it...

It is nolstalgia like so much else in life. My earliest memory of going to the movies was seeing a bond movie with my dad. I don't even remember which one. I just remember other guys sitting nearby talking to my dad and I about Bond and liking the cool gadgets.

Are they still proceeding with developing a bespoke VTT for the system?

I think it is a great idea for a campaign. The time zone difference makes it impossible for me to join on a weekday. Also, I can't commit to a regular campaign. But I'm following you on StartPlaying. If you ever run a weekend game as a one-shot or are okay with drop-in players, I'll love to join...

For me, when looking at games to sign up for at a convention, I've always understood OSR to be shorthand for a retroclone that plays like OD&D but with the rules cleaned up and modernized a bit. In my experience that has mostly been the case. The one exception is Dungeon Crawl Classics, which I...

Man, you can't post such a great example at the beginning of a thread, you intimidate the rest of us from posting! :-) Since I'm running a published game that has all the content entered and cross-linked in Foundry, most of my notes are to remind me of what happened in the last session and any...

I'll be there again this year. Too early to start a thread?

I bounced off of Mage the Ascension. A couple players in my main group really liked the system and convinced me to try running it. I like the concept of how magic works, but I found the rules to be very esoteric, poorly presented and difficult pickup. My main reason for not sticking with it was...

I haven't played the miniature game since the 80s. It is a time intensive and expensive hobby, which doesn't fit into my current lifestyle and I would much rather play a TTRPG than a miniature war game these days. But I'm running the 4th edition of Warhammer Fantasy Role Play. I love the game...

Took me a moment to realize that there are two dogs in that picture. At first, I was thinking "that doesn't look comfortable" or "did the poor pup just jump up and face plant?"

That's me. I find my favorite live plays are using crunchier rule systems. Overly simple and dramatic rules systems end up feeling like poor radio dramas than listing to a game being played.

I like Critical Role and listened to most of their first campaign (Vox Machina) but the 4 hour sessions are a bit much. I know I can just pause and pick up, but psychologically, I tend to stick with live plays that have one hour or even half-hour episode. It just fits into my habits better. If...