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<blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 4612314" data-attributes="member: 7394">That's a valid concern, but I don't think its as dire as it looks. Due to the current economy, and my desire to fulfill certain personal goals, I'm back in school at a major university. This happens to be my second time through. I didn't really expect to find very many gamers on the college campuses of today because of this perceived decline in young people playing. What I'm finding, locally at least, is that there actually seem to be more than when I went through the first time. In one of my classes I was required to keep a blog, so in addition to my usual assignments, I would also blog about gaming related topics. One of the guys from my class noticed this. It turns out he's a gamer and he'll be joining my group next semester. When he joins, half my players will be made up of people under the age of 25.My brother in-law has a group that's been going for a few years that's up to nine players (I have no idea how he can manage a group that size, but that's another thread). I went to the library and saw a few postings for people looking for players for both 4E and 3.5. The main hobby store a few miles away is doing exceptionally well, and there's a gaming section in all three of the major book stores.I agree with the assessment that it's the gathering of &quot;Alpha gamers&quot; at sites like this where the younger generation might be underrepresented. That isn't to say that the hobby shouldn't be concerned about appealing to the younger generation, but I think it's doing better with that demographic than many people believe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darrin Drader, post: 4612314, member: 7394"] That's a valid concern, but I don't think its as dire as it looks. Due to the current economy, and my desire to fulfill certain personal goals, I'm back in school at a major university. This happens to be my second time through. I didn't really expect to find very many gamers on the college campuses of today because of this perceived decline in young people playing. What I'm finding, locally at least, is that there actually seem to be more than when I went through the first time. In one of my classes I was required to keep a blog, so in addition to my usual assignments, I would also blog about gaming related topics. One of the guys from my class noticed this. It turns out he's a gamer and he'll be joining my group next semester. When he joins, half my players will be made up of people under the age of 25. My brother in-law has a group that's been going for a few years that's up to nine players (I have no idea how he can manage a group that size, but that's another thread). I went to the library and saw a few postings for people looking for players for both 4E and 3.5. The main hobby store a few miles away is doing exceptionally well, and there's a gaming section in all three of the major book stores. I agree with the assessment that it's the gathering of "Alpha gamers" at sites like this where the younger generation might be underrepresented. That isn't to say that the hobby shouldn't be concerned about appealing to the younger generation, but I think it's doing better with that demographic than many people believe. [/QUOTE]

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