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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 5422635" data-attributes="member: 10479">There seemed to be a lot of game clubs back then (from what I know talking to people at conventions and reading in various publications of the time).&nbsp; Nowadays, I don't hear of many that meet outside of gamestores and individual homes.&nbsp; I wonder if public space has become too cost prohibitive for such networking.I've seen similar misuse of the modern version of the term as a pejorative, sometimes applied by persons to anyone who plays games that are out of print, or to anyone who doesn't play the most recent edition of their chosen game, or even just to anyone who doesn't use the most recent supplements or upgrades.&nbsp; In other cases I have seen the modernized form of the term misused as a self-applied badge of honor to depict someone as a throwback to any time previous when they felt a particular game or brand was still a valid form of their game of choice.&nbsp; I tend to refer to these latter individuals as neo-grogs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 5422635, member: 10479"] There seemed to be a lot of game clubs back then (from what I know talking to people at conventions and reading in various publications of the time). Nowadays, I don't hear of many that meet outside of gamestores and individual homes. I wonder if public space has become too cost prohibitive for such networking. I've seen similar misuse of the modern version of the term as a pejorative, sometimes applied by persons to anyone who plays games that are out of print, or to anyone who doesn't play the most recent edition of their chosen game, or even just to anyone who doesn't use the most recent supplements or upgrades. In other cases I have seen the modernized form of the term misused as a self-applied badge of honor to depict someone as a throwback to any time previous when they felt a particular game or brand was still a valid form of their game of choice. I tend to refer to these latter individuals as neo-grogs. [/QUOTE]

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