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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7493975" data-attributes="member: 37579">And how many stores did you go into, by chance? And in how many different cities/ states?And you don't you think the fact those would have been smaller stores that stocked things by request and based on local audiences might have also been a factor? Rather than the modern day where people don't special order books and instead order online? You've said that twice, but I have yet to see those numbers, or see a citation. $55 million... excluding online vendors. $55 excluding the largest retailers in the world.Here's the thing... in the '80s, the fad was more public. Because it couldn't be online. That's not the case now. People don't have to talk about D&D as pubicaly. It doesn't need to be sold in department stores. Also, you were likely looking for it more. You're 40 now. How often do you hang around a high school or spend time with junior high or high school kids? How much time do you spend on Reddit and Twitter and Instagram. How often do you watch people play games on Twitch? Because while I type this over 28,000 people are watching a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors play D&D on a single Twitch channel, another 15,000 on Youtube, and several thousand more on ProjectAlpha. And an additional 300,000 will watch it after.Heck, odds are you likely have a semi-solid group and haven't spent much time looking for new players or browsing games on Roll20 or Fantasy Grounds. You're very likely just not as exposed to the people half your age engaging with the game.As a comparison, if you walk around the street or look around stores you'd have no idea how big or popular Fortnite is. You're not going to see that in WalMart. Or how big 5 Nights at Freddy's was. Stuff like that isn't big in "meat space".You're dismissing how widespread and popular D&D is right now because it's not popular and successful in the same ways you're familiar with.</blockquote>

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