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<blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 3727046" data-attributes="member: 3649">How is it not designed for it's current base? I don't understand that one. How do you think 'D&amp;D Players' are different from 'Other Potential Players'?Actually, the thing that made D&amp;D The Big Thing it was in the early 80's was Eggbert's disappearance and subsequent suicide. Before that you could find it on college campuses, mainly among the computer and math nerds, and that was it. It took that spate of free advertising to expand D&amp;D's sales by 1000% and it's ridden that every since.How so? I don't understand most of your post, but that one really just flies over my head.'Does D&amp;D Need to appeal to the Mainstream?' In some ways it does. There are many people out there who are, I am convinced, tabletop roleplayers. They'd be good at it and enjoy the activity. D&amp;D and other RPG's could really use them, and they'd get a good time out of the bargain. But there are some significant barriers to their entry into the hobby (mainly the needless complexity of the rules and the still-ongoing attraction it has for the socially retarded - those two points are strongly linked, by the way). And there doesn't need to be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneLigon, post: 3727046, member: 3649"] How is it [I]not [/I] designed for it's current base? I don't understand that one. How do you think 'D&D Players' are different from 'Other Potential Players'? Actually, the thing that made D&D The Big Thing it was in the early 80's was Eggbert's disappearance and subsequent suicide. Before that you could find it on college campuses, mainly among the computer and math nerds, and that was it. It took that spate of free advertising to expand D&D's sales by 1000% and it's ridden that every since. How so? I don't understand [I]most [/I] of your post, but that one really just flies over my head. 'Does D&D Need to appeal to the Mainstream?' In some ways it does. There are many people out there who are, I am convinced, tabletop roleplayers. They'd be good at it and enjoy the activity. D&D and other RPG's could really use them, and they'd get a good time out of the bargain. But there are some significant barriers to their entry into the hobby (mainly the needless complexity of the rules and the still-ongoing attraction it has for the socially retarded - those two points are strongly linked, by the way). And there doesn't need to be. [/QUOTE]

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