D&D General Boomer/GenX 5e? (+)

[Stormonu]

Another one - in GenX D&D, all references to feet and inches are replaced with ' and " respectively.

 

[Larnievc]

I see people are talking about how to get Millennials to appreciate D&D. What about Baby Boomers and GenXers, though? How would you get them to appreciate all the wonderful things 5e offers? I mean it seems 5e is designed for the younger folks anyhow, especially the upcoming not-a-new-edition edition, why do we even need to make it appeal to Millennials and GenZers?

So anyhow what would you say to a Baby Boomer or GenXer to get them to give 5e a fair shake?

I'm Gen X. Frankly I associate D&D more with fellow Gen Xers than anyone.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The algorithm listened to us. (Although I'd say that for a true Gen X sourcebook, it needs to include at least the first half of the 1990s, maybe up through Kurt Cobain's death, in terms of pop culture.)
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[SteveC]

As a Gen X person, I just have to say "don't you put that evil on me, Ricky Bobby!"

In other words, I don't want to be involved.

I have played White Box and just played a tournament 2E adventure. I also play 4E, 5E and games like Dungeon World. I've played just about all the games out there, and I just don't really care. That doesn't mean I don't have things I like, and I do see my preference catered to less. But that's okay, because I just can play something else.

 

[Zardnaar]

The dividing line between Gen x and Millennials is somewhat arbitrary. A lot of this talk of generations is arbitrary and doesn't treat people as individuals. Sometimes it hits on important things (obviously a generation of people who served or lived through WWII for example are going to have a shared experience that is significant). I was born in the mid-70s and am Gen X, my middle sister was born just after the cut off for millennial and my baby sister was born in the late 80s. Me and my middle sister were raised the same, saw most of the same cultural developments in media and society, whereas my baby sister was raised during a very different era of parenting. I think fussing over the buffer zone between millennials and Gen x is not going to capture the realities of what people experienced

Youngest Gen Xers spent most or all their teenage years in the 90s.
Youngest millenials would barely remember the 90s.

Difference there.

Here GenX was the last generation to get corporal punishment at school and get things like free tertiary education (except the younger ones).

Older ones entered the workforce in worst conditions since great depression.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I have played White Box and just played a tournament 2E adventure. I also play 4E, 5E and games like Dungeon World. I've played just about all the games out there, and I just don't really care. That doesn't mean I don't have things I like, and I do see my preference catered to less. But that's okay, because I just can play something else.

I'm sorry, but you're officially too emotionally healthy for generation discourse.

 

[SteveC]

I'm sorry, but you're officially too emotionally healthy for generation discourse.

And that is Gen X in a nutshell. It's not just me: there's a reason why we sort-of jumped from Boomer to Millenial.

 

[Tonguez]

Youngest Gen Xers spent most or all their teenage years in the 90s.
Youngest millenials would barely remember the 90s.

yeah it always amused me that someone born in 1980 is supposed to have more in common with a person born in 1965 than they do with someone born in 1985

I was born in 1970s, I started University in the first year of full fees (but luckily had scholarships which paid everything). My wife is supposedly a Boomer (born 1963), born before the days of cappuccino or Atari. Though Im never sure if her reticence with technology is due to her age or from being a farmers daughter lol

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Treat the settings with more respect, and increase the quality of the setting products, Jeremy Crawford's setting Philosphy is a failure.

 

[Clint_L]

Explorer's Guide to Wildemount is the best setting guide in 5e. They should use that as the template.