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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Craddock" data-source="post: 9622649" data-attributes="member: 6883885">I started playing in College in 1991. I turn 53 this year. Shouldn't it make sense that some of us feel like we don't fit it? Companies market to demographics that are much younger than me and I think that's okay. And after decades of playing a game, especially in a busy world, I find I prefer rules I'm familiar with and far less crunch than even 5E provides. I think its conceited for fans to think the material and the base won't evolve and move past us.I will play 5E but I won't run it as Shadowdark or Shadows of the Weird Wizard are more my speed these days.I sell comics and games for a living. I started reading comics in the early '80s where a conflence of great IPs being licensed and some great stories managed to give us roughly a decade of some of the best comic books ever published with character defining runs at Marvel and DC.As readers of that era aged and the rise of video games occurred the industry could prevent the loss of hundreds of thousands of readers of various age groups.However, the industry still tries to emulate a second golden age of success that they cannot replicate. And we see this in other fandoms as well.Look at all the flack Star Wars gets because it can't magically transport all of its audience to whichever era you love.I mean no disrespect with this post but I don't think its possible to make an entire fan base happy and I think trying to do so always ends poorly.Its okay to take some time off or even walk away from something you love and its normal, IMO, that whatever that something is they can't always replicated past success' and could very well destroy themselves trying to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark Craddock, post: 9622649, member: 6883885"] I started playing in College in 1991. I turn 53 this year. Shouldn't it make sense that some of us feel like we don't fit it? Companies market to demographics that are much younger than me and I think that's okay. And after decades of playing a game, especially in a busy world, I find I prefer rules I'm familiar with and far less crunch than even 5E provides. I think its conceited for fans to think the material and the base won't evolve and move past us. I will play 5E but I won't run it as Shadowdark or Shadows of the Weird Wizard are more my speed these days. I sell comics and games for a living. I started reading comics in the early '80s where a conflence of great IPs being licensed and some great stories managed to give us roughly a decade of some of the best comic books ever published with character defining runs at Marvel and DC. As readers of that era aged and the rise of video games occurred the industry could prevent the loss of hundreds of thousands of readers of various age groups. However, the industry still tries to emulate a second golden age of success that they cannot replicate. And we see this in other fandoms as well. Look at all the flack Star Wars gets because it can't magically transport all of its audience to whichever era you love. I mean no disrespect with this post but I don't think its possible to make an entire fan base happy and I think trying to do so always ends poorly. Its okay to take some time off or even walk away from something you love and its normal, IMO, that whatever that something is they can't always replicated past success' and could very well destroy themselves trying to. [/QUOTE]

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