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<blockquote data-quote="Toben the Many" data-source="post: 4915139" data-attributes="member: 19273">I'm not sure what is to be gained by getting kids into D&amp;D, as opposed to just getting young people into the hobby. By and large, I run into numerous people all over the country whose first real roleplaying experience was 3rd Edition. These people did not get into the hobby as children but as young adults. OD&amp;D was not targeted towards children. It was targeted towards adults - namely wargamers. And later Gygax-directed editions were not aimed towards children either. If you look at even your old AD&amp;D books, they are clearly not written with children in mind. I think that there were kids who did get into D&amp;D, despite it being a sophisticated game. Just like there are kids who get into other adult hobbies right now. But those hobbies do not deliberately target kids. For example, look at sports fishing - a hobby that both adults and kids get involved in. However, it is a hobby mainly aimed at adults.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Toben the Many, post: 4915139, member: 19273"] I'm not sure what is to be gained by getting [u]kids[/u] into D&D, as opposed to just getting young people into the hobby. By and large, I run into numerous people all over the country whose first real roleplaying experience was 3rd Edition. These people did not get into the hobby as children but as young adults. OD&D was not targeted towards children. It was targeted towards adults - namely wargamers. And later Gygax-directed editions were not aimed towards children either. If you look at even your old AD&D books, they are clearly not written with children in mind. I think that there were kids who did get into D&D, despite it being a sophisticated game. Just like there are kids who get into other adult hobbies right now. But those hobbies do not deliberately target kids. For example, look at sports fishing - a hobby that both adults and kids get involved in. However, it is a hobby mainly aimed at adults. [/QUOTE]

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