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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jbear" data-source="post: 5999497" data-attributes="member: 75065">We are an interesting 'community' us RPGers. I feel that sometimes we shoot ourselves in our own foot. That's not to say that your points aren't valid about the chosen setting. But I do think that sometimes the intense passion that often comes out as negativity can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy. The imagination is a powerful thing. So I prefer to imagine a bright and happy future for table top RPGs in whatever form they take. And that there will be a whole bunch of kids, just like me (I also love video games) who will take up the torch, and duly pass it on to their kids.Edit: BTW, I'm currently doing my final practicum before I graduate as a primary school teacher at the moment. It's my third week at my current school. The class' topic is Ancient Greece (due to the Olympics of course). And there is a large group of girls who are Harry Potter fans. So I asked my Associate Teacher what he thought about me running a lunch time club a couple of days of the week to run a couple of D&D games for the kids. One would have an Ancient Greece theme, and the other a Harry Potter theme that would tangle with Ancient Greek myths. He said to go for it! So I described to the class very briefly what the idea was and then asked for a show of hands to see how many would be interested in playing the Ancient Greece game. Everyone put up their hands. Then I asked who would be interested in playing the Harry Potter game. Everyone put up their hands. Of course that's not practical, so there my first hurdle is too much interest. Pretty cool hurdle to have, aye?So, really, like anything that kids get interested in, I think part of 'the problem' is that sooo many kids just don't have someone they look up to, and think is cool, to be a bridge for them to even try D&D and see what its all about. As soon as they try it out, I just know that they'll be hooked. SO I'm going to make it my mission to groom a student in each of the games to take over from me at the end of the 4 weeks I have left. And it's not going to be D&D of any edition. But it will be a D&D experience, I assure you.</blockquote>

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