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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8304126" data-attributes="member: 93670">because of the fate kickstarter I ran semi-open fate games at a local flgs for a couple years, more than one full group showed up by surprise&nbsp; to watch us or play &amp; with my regulars got quite a few &quot;wow, you guys always seem to be having so much fun but we can't figure out what the heck you are playing.&nbsp; what is it?&quot; conversations.&nbsp; I haven't run any version of fate there in a few years now &amp; the FLGS still has a fate section on the shelves next to the bitd stuff.&nbsp; I think many of the kickstarters were a success on quite a few levels (sales/ word of mouth/etc).&nbsp;&nbsp; 5e's success made me drawing in fate players easier when I was running any ttrpg &amp; I can show a perfect example of how far that extends.5e's success has an impact that makes making ttrpgs somewhere between socially acceptable to&nbsp; cool &amp; interesting for &quot;regular joe&quot; nongamers to take a interest in.&nbsp;&nbsp; I started running fate pre-5e at one table at the back of the shop that we sometimes needed to share with unboxing/stocking work the staff was doing &amp; ended it with my choice of an entire room of tables filled&nbsp; well after the flgs started renting the spot next door (formerly&nbsp; a hobby lobby turned printshop turned huge room filled with tables for tcgs ttrpgs boardgames etc).&nbsp; Being in a tourist area I occasionally got drop in folks visiting from other continents with more than one remarking how thy had game shops back home but none of them were setup as a place people can just go to play.&nbsp; There is a fairly regular event called kinky &amp; geeky held at a local dungeon* &amp; it's pretty common to see &quot;oh wow can I join you guys?&quot; when someone mentions &quot;so &amp; so plays/runs a d&amp;d game&quot; comes up during community gatherings.*or at least there was before covid</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 8304126, member: 93670"] because of the fate kickstarter I ran semi-open fate games at a local flgs for a couple years, more than one full group showed up by surprise to watch us or play & with my regulars got quite a few [I]"wow, you guys always seem to be having so much fun but we can't figure out what the heck you are playing. what is it?" [/I]conversations. I haven't run any version of fate there in a few years now & the FLGS still has a fate section on the shelves next to the bitd stuff. I think many of the kickstarters were a success on quite a few levels (sales/ word of mouth/etc). 5e's success made me drawing in fate players easier when I was running [I]any[/I] ttrpg & I can show a perfect example of how far that extends. 5e's success has an impact that makes making ttrpgs somewhere between socially acceptable to cool & interesting for "regular joe" nongamers to take a interest in. I started running fate pre-5e at one table at the back of the shop that we sometimes needed to share with unboxing/stocking work the staff was doing & ended it with my choice of an entire room of tables filled well after the flgs started renting the spot next door (formerly a hobby lobby turned printshop turned huge room filled with tables for tcgs ttrpgs boardgames etc). Being in a tourist area I occasionally got drop in folks visiting from other [I]continents[/I] with more than one remarking how thy had game shops back home but none of them were setup as a place people can just go to play. There is a fairly regular event called kinky & geeky held at a local [I]dungeon*[/I] & it's pretty common to see "oh wow can I join you guys?" when someone mentions "so & so plays/runs a d&d game" comes up during community gatherings. *or at least there was before covid [/QUOTE]

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