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<blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 859966" data-attributes="member: 4441">I post at the WotC boards as well, and they get plenty of new people.&nbsp; I see several threads, averaging a little under once a week, that proclaim something like, &quot;Total newb, please help.&quot;&nbsp; Or &quot;What is D&amp;D exactly?&quot;&nbsp; I've seen requests for tutors for D&amp;D, and even done some on-line tutoring myself.&nbsp; I think some of these new gamers are being drawn in from seeing the D&amp;D books in the same stores where they buy their magic cards.&nbsp; Or they hear about what Icewind Dales is based off of.&nbsp; Or some of them just stumble onto the D&amp;D website while searching for something related.&nbsp; Several of the people asking for help obviously don't have a group to play with, so they're hearing about it somehow and want to learn more.But people are passing it on, and even learning the history.&nbsp; My sister and I are second generation gamers, and our first group was with our dad and his group.&nbsp; My SO games, and any kids I have will be exposed to it.&nbsp; As I'm studying to be a high school teacher (among other things) maybe I'll start up a gaming club to help spark further interest, or just give the resident gamer geeks someplace to gather.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Isida Kep'Tukari, post: 859966, member: 4441"] I post at the WotC boards as well, and they get plenty of new people. I see several threads, averaging a little under once a week, that proclaim something like, "Total newb, please help." Or "What is D&D exactly?" I've seen requests for tutors for D&D, and even done some on-line tutoring myself. I think some of these new gamers are being drawn in from seeing the D&D books in the same stores where they buy their magic cards. Or they hear about what Icewind Dales is based off of. Or some of them just stumble onto the D&D website while searching for something related. Several of the people asking for help obviously don't have a group to play with, so they're hearing about it somehow and want to learn more. But people are passing it on, and even learning the history. My sister and I are second generation gamers, and our first group was with our dad and [i]his[/i] group. My SO games, and any kids I have will be exposed to it. As I'm studying to be a high school teacher (among other things) maybe I'll start up a gaming club to help spark further interest, or just give the resident gamer geeks someplace to gather. :D [/QUOTE]

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