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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 266061" data-attributes="member: 363">Re: On Golden AgesI'm not certain, but I think Terry Carr said it. I think the age was 14. though.Anyway, I concur with those who say the Golden Age of RPGs/D&D was the late 70s/early 80s. Today is very much a Silver Age. Of course, this is in keeping with how those terms are used in regards to comic books.Ever read any Golden Age comics? Most of 'em are not that great. In fact, many are truly wretched. What they had going for them was this: they were covering virgin territory. Nothing like them had been seen before, and they generated huge interest because of that.The Silver Age came along years after the Golden Age, in a period where comics had become less and less relevant, less spontaneous, less of a novelty. Many of the Golden Age comics, and their heroes, were either long gone or long dormant. The Silver Age saw a burst of new creativity, where the conventions, themes, and heroes of the Golden Age were still revered, but were revamped for a new age, and a new type of fan base. The Silver Age brought in more fans than comics had ever seen before. It saw the advent of new ways of doing comics. The only reason it wasn't a Golden Age in itself was that the basic concept wasn't new.I see D&D (as well as RPGs in general) following the same pattern. The current Silver Age of RPGs is still ongoing, so there's not telling what will come next.</blockquote>