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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snoweel" data-source="post: 5079369" data-attributes="member: 4453">If true, I find that surprising. Not calling you a liar but it doesn't feel right to me.I guess my experience with gamers in the last decade is people I've introduced to D&D (some of them former gamers) and the denizens of ENWorld, who I think tend to be older. Of course I could be wrong about that too; I've never conducted an age poll here.I agree.Once again, surprising about the high school kids, not surprising about college-age kids.Of course, I'm probably just projecting - I stopped playing in early high school and didn't start again until I got married (at college age).This just doesn't feel right, but I admit I have zero hard data.I think though, that the marketing of D&D is more a reflection of the types of non-players likely to become new players than a reflection of who is currently playing.I think a big part of the D&D market has always been existing players, and that group seems to be getting older. They don't need much marketing because they're very aware of what's going on in the market, and if you're over a certain age and not already playing, you're not likely to start.So the marketing is aimed at teenagers. Obviously this is hypothesis.Mate, I agree with you 100% - I play computer games but I don't touch CRPGs because they are just so dissatisfying compared to TTRPGs.But the fact that I agree, and everybody on this board probably agrees, doesn't mean that the wider population agrees. Neither does it mean that anyone else would think it matters (TTRPGs trumping CRPGs for face-to-face interaction and imagination) even if they did agree. I don't necessarily think those advantages are selling points for most people. Gaming has always been a niche hobby and TTRPG gamers have never been a mainstream demographic.You could be right.I'm sorry <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.I already admitted it's selfish in the post you quoted.I understand that some people find being offended an exhilarating experience, and I'm glad my up-front admission hasn't robbed you of the opportunity.I agree! See my reply to Hussar in this very thread.</blockquote>

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