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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 8489615" data-attributes="member: 2525">And before that, Dungeon of the Mad Mage and Tales from the Yawning Portal.But truly I find the entire premise of this &quot;everything is going to change for a new audience&quot; to be silly. That &quot;new audience&quot; is playing more online using Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds than at any point in the history of the game, and online play tends to favor much more tactical combat than story gaming. People are using light radius and precise movement more - it's not trending to story gaming just because streamers tend that way. Streamers are not the majority of the game - people who watch them might be, but when those people actually play the game they seem to be playing using a platform which favors more tactical combat right now.The pandemic has driven people to play remotely - and this entire generation is now used to playing remotely more rather than in-person. It's in-person play which favors a more story-gaming approach (and streamer tend to play in-person), and that looks to be on the downswing right now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 8489615, member: 2525"] And before that, Dungeon of the Mad Mage and Tales from the Yawning Portal. But truly I find the entire premise of this "everything is going to change for a new audience" to be silly. That "new audience" is playing more online using Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds than at any point in the history of the game, and online play tends to favor much more tactical combat than story gaming. People are using light radius and precise movement more - it's not trending to story gaming just because streamers tend that way. Streamers are not the majority of the game - people who watch them might be, but when those people actually play the game they seem to be playing using a platform which favors more tactical combat right now. The pandemic has driven people to play remotely - and this entire generation is now used to playing remotely more rather than in-person. It's in-person play which favors a more story-gaming approach (and streamer tend to play in-person), and that looks to be on the downswing right now. [/QUOTE]

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