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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 5980551" data-attributes="member: 37579">WotC does have a responsibility to get new people into the game, but I think they've proven over the last 4-8 years that they have no idea how to get new people into the game.I adore 3e. It's my edition of choice. I loved 2e for a long, long time and played many a game, but eventually I left they hobby and it was 3e that brought me back. How? I walked into my local comic store (looking for comics). They also sold RPGs and had a BIG cardboard display with 3e. So I bought them. Yay early 20s and disposable income.I had no idea 3e existed until then. Because I was not a part of the hobby I was completely out of the loop.Late 3e and the miniatures game had comic ads. Not a bad idea, but not exactly reaching an uninformed mass. Nothing for 4e.The only place I've ever seen ads for 4e D&D was web ads on Penny Arcade.Likewise, the big initiatives for getting new players into D&D are Essentials (how will new payers know about it?) The centerpiece was the gift-ready Red Box that let you game for a long weekend for just a few dollars less that one of the player books. (The Pathfinder box is far superior and shows HOW to make starter set.) And Encounters; again, how do people know it exists?The WotC marketing department needs to step up. New ways of getting the message "play D&D" out to the masses. New programs and a focus on the core rules. Really get those books continually available on book store shelves instead of just the newest accessory.</blockquote>

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