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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8530034" data-attributes="member: 6704184">Well, D&amp;D/TTRPGs is a hobby that people engage with over a long time. Most folks aren’t that broke their whole lives. Statistically, IIRC, most adults who are destitute only stay that way for a couple years or less.&nbsp; &nbsp; But also, every single person I have ever known that broke still buys luxury items when they have a little extra.&nbsp; &nbsp;And D&amp;D can be played at many public libraries, and or free if you can get a hand me down computer and download the free Basic Rules.&nbsp; &nbsp;It’d be hard to make D&amp;D more accessible than it is, without just giving up on making money. I’ve been that broke. Rerolling cigarettes from parking lot discards, asking the graveyard shift guy at 7-11 for the food he was gonna throw out, etc. sharing rent with 4 people in a town that isn’t that expensive to live in, hustling to make rent anyway. &nbsp; D&amp;D is the most accessible folks in that kind of spot that it’s ever been.New people have a starter set that they can get online for 15$, and a Basic Rules PDF, and probably a game store with pick-up games or a friend who already plays. Well, if they don’t access to a public library computer desk with free printing on small prints (for character sheets), or don’t have a smart “Obama-phone” with an internet browser, etc. if they do, the intro price is a little time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 8530034, member: 6704184"] Well, D&D/TTRPGs is a hobby that people engage with over a long time. Most folks aren’t that broke their whole lives. Statistically, IIRC, most adults who are destitute only stay that way for a couple years or less. But also, every single person I have ever known that broke still buys luxury items when they have a little extra. And D&D can be played at many public libraries, and or free if you can get a hand me down computer and download the free Basic Rules. It’d be hard to make D&D more accessible than it is, without just giving up on making money. I’ve been that broke. Rerolling cigarettes from parking lot discards, asking the graveyard shift guy at 7-11 for the food he was gonna throw out, etc. sharing rent with 4 people in a town that isn’t [I]that[/I] expensive to live in, hustling to make rent anyway. D&D is the most accessible folks in that kind of spot that it’s ever been. New people have a starter set that they can get online for 15$, and a Basic Rules PDF, and probably a game store with pick-up games or a friend who already plays. Well, if they don’t access to a public library computer desk with free printing on small prints (for character sheets), or don’t have a smart “Obama-phone” with an internet browser, etc. if they do, the intro price is a little time. [/QUOTE]

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