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<blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 2017863" data-attributes="member: 2673"><p>The lack of advertising I find paticularly galling. Yeah, I know its expensive. But it can pay off. Why do people assume that even though ads sell cars, computer games, and dishwashing soap it won't sell roleplaying games. A couple of good ads that show what a good time an RPG can be could create tons of new gamers. Heck, *I* was made into a gamer by an ad. A one page comic in a comic book, I still remember it. A band of adventurers trying to get into an evil wizard's tower, and at the end they said that YOU had to figure out what happens next! That sounded like the coolest thing on earth to a brainy 12 year old. I bugged my mom until she took me to the next town over, where I spent some birthday money on a new PHB and Greyhawk Adventures. Then I tried to run a game with a friend. It was weak, had no idea what I was doing, and it was the most fun either of us ever had. It wasn't too long before we met a couple of brothers that played too, and our group was born.</p><p></p><p>I turn 30 next month, and I still game with these guys on a regular basis. We've collectively put thousands into the gaming industry, paticularly D&D. Mostly me, as I have always been the one to branch into new settings, new games, and compulsively buying tons of suppliments. All from that one ad. They don't need to convert a huge number, because gamers make other gamers.</p><p></p><p>Looking back, I can see even then that the system was horribly put together for someone just picking it up and learning it. There was no real indication of what I needed to run. The PHB said it had all you needed to play, but I didn't even understand the concept of running the game. As I recall it was some time later before I actually got dice - this was at a mall bookstore, no FLGS in that area.</p><p></p><p>I paticularly think that rural areas are a huge untapped potential area for new gamers. I grew up in such an area, and there is simply nothing to do. DUring the summer we gamed every day. What else were we going to do? You're fifteen, you have no car, no job, and there's nothing to go and do - not even an arcade or anything. Gaming filled that void.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="maddman75, post: 2017863, member: 2673"] The lack of advertising I find paticularly galling. Yeah, I know its expensive. But it can pay off. Why do people assume that even though ads sell cars, computer games, and dishwashing soap it won't sell roleplaying games. A couple of good ads that show what a good time an RPG can be could create tons of new gamers. Heck, *I* was made into a gamer by an ad. A one page comic in a comic book, I still remember it. A band of adventurers trying to get into an evil wizard's tower, and at the end they said that YOU had to figure out what happens next! That sounded like the coolest thing on earth to a brainy 12 year old. I bugged my mom until she took me to the next town over, where I spent some birthday money on a new PHB and Greyhawk Adventures. Then I tried to run a game with a friend. It was weak, had no idea what I was doing, and it was the most fun either of us ever had. It wasn't too long before we met a couple of brothers that played too, and our group was born. I turn 30 next month, and I still game with these guys on a regular basis. We've collectively put thousands into the gaming industry, paticularly D&D. Mostly me, as I have always been the one to branch into new settings, new games, and compulsively buying tons of suppliments. All from that one ad. They don't need to convert a huge number, because gamers make other gamers. Looking back, I can see even then that the system was horribly put together for someone just picking it up and learning it. There was no real indication of what I needed to run. The PHB said it had all you needed to play, but I didn't even understand the concept of running the game. As I recall it was some time later before I actually got dice - this was at a mall bookstore, no FLGS in that area. I paticularly think that rural areas are a huge untapped potential area for new gamers. I grew up in such an area, and there is simply nothing to do. DUring the summer we gamed every day. What else were we going to do? You're fifteen, you have no car, no job, and there's nothing to go and do - not even an arcade or anything. Gaming filled that void. [/QUOTE]
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