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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 4967234" data-attributes="member: 177">We do not have anything like decent data on that.&nbsp; I think estimates for the US population run in the 1 to 3 million play at least once a month, so that they can be considered &quot;active RPG players&quot;I think that number is not high.&nbsp; Convention play, and overall convention atmosphere, is so very different from home play that it is attractive to only a small subset of everyone in the hobby.This is by no means unique to RPGs, by the way.&nbsp; Virtually every hobby and subject matter of interest has cons - sci-fi, comics, model railroads, pets, anything.&nbsp; But only a small fraction of those interested in the topic go to a convention.1)Don't know about it - conventions generally don't have anything like a real advertising budget. Putting up posters run off a home laser printer is not really effective for attracting a real mass audience.&nbsp; A website is only useful if the perspective congoer is looking for a website about a con, otherwise he or she won't ever find the site.&nbsp; Websites are &quot;pull&quot; marketing, to get more people you need &quot;push&quot; marketing.2)Just have no interest - The vast majority of folks who have an interest in the topic are already satisfying their needs on that topic with their own activities.&nbsp; They have no desire to seek it out more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 4967234, member: 177"] We do not have anything like decent data on that. I think estimates for the US population run in the 1 to 3 million play at least once a month, so that they can be considered "active RPG players" I think that number is not high. Convention play, and overall convention atmosphere, is so very different from home play that it is attractive to only a small subset of everyone in the hobby. This is by no means unique to RPGs, by the way. Virtually every hobby and subject matter of interest has cons - sci-fi, comics, model railroads, pets, anything. But only a small fraction of those interested in the topic go to a convention. 1)Don't know about it - conventions generally don't have anything like a real advertising budget. Putting up posters run off a home laser printer is not really effective for attracting a real mass audience. A website is only useful if the perspective congoer [i]is looking for a website about a con[/i], otherwise he or she won't ever find the site. Websites are "pull" marketing, to get more people you need "push" marketing. 2)Just have no interest - The vast majority of folks who have an interest in the topic are already satisfying their needs on that topic with their own activities. They have no desire to seek it out more. [/QUOTE]

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