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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ggroy" data-source="post: 4869370" data-attributes="member: 83805">Of the 25-30 people I knew who regularly played D&D when I was growing up (ie. from my school and college years), only 4 or 5 of them still actively or occasionally play any rpgs these days.  The rest have very little to no interest in playing any rpgs or board games these days.Even myself, I took a long hiatus from playing rpgs.  I stopped playing any rpgs shortly after the 1E AD&D Forgotten Realms grey box was released.  (I had other priorities in those days).  I didn't play at all during the 2E AD&D and 3E D&D eras, but still occasionally read news about the hobby via usenet newsgroups whenever I was really bored.  I occasionally picked up several rpg books during that time (but never played them), mainly from previous rpg acquaintances selling old rpg books they didn't need anymore for a pittance.  (ie.  Stuff like these particular acquaintances' wives threatening to leave them if they didn't stop gaming, etc ...).  I got back into playing rpg games regularly after 3.5E was released, but didn't buy many books at first.  I only started to buy more rpg books, when I was DM'ing again.</blockquote>