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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 5692159">By the late 80s, sure there wasn't much in the way of SF/Fanatsy, but most of the movies I was able to see at the cinema as a kid between 80-84 were in the sci-fi fantasy realm: Star Wars, Krull, Fire and Ice, Tron, Secret of NIMH, Time Bandits, Dragonslayer, Dune, The Dark Crystal, Clash of the Titans, etc. Stuff I wasn't allowed to see as well like Conan, Excaliber, Deathstalker, etc. On television you had a dungeons and dragons cartoon. You had D&D action figures being sold in Toys R Us. I think we have a good amount of superhero and science fiction these days (though I still think not as much as late 70s early 80s). But besides Lord of the Rings, I have not seen nearly as much mainstream fanatasy films as were available then. I admit, it could be nostalgia, but I just recall things being saturated with a fantasy and science fiction vibe.  But whether or not those genres are more popular now or then, it is pretty obvious to me the hobby has shrunk in recent years. We are more connected because of the internet, but I would not characterize Table Top RPGs as a growing hobby.</blockquote>