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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9351811" data-attributes="member: 7026594">Yes.  When it started it was mostly with college students and older wargamers (and sci-fi fans, like Lee Gold's crew in California, who started and still publish Alarums & Excursions).  And the buzz and discussion about it in gaming magazines and fanzines (as covered extensively in Peterson's The Elusive Shift) was among these adult and college-age players.But once the fad hit in late '79 in the wake of the James Dallas Egbert III case giving the game national media attention, the game (led by the Basic sets) started selling like hotcakes to teenage and junior high aged boys.  And TSR's marketing started targeting younger in response.  And creating other products aimed at young kids, like the Fantasy Forest board game, and the Endless Quest books.</blockquote>