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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Festivus" data-source="post: 5245071" data-attributes="member: 34532">Holy cats, where to begin...Bringing in not only younger players (e.g. 12 and ups), but also bring back older (lapsed?) players.  I think products like Red Box will get the latter, but I think also gaming companies could take a page from Apple.  Give the product away to libraries, schools, summer camp programs, etc.  There is tons of these camps every summer, and it could even be as simple as take any excess products from your worldwide games days and distribute it to those camps.What are you doing to advance the hobby?  I run a monthly meetup, I DM several times per month, and that is with a wife and kids at home.  I make sure that my games are fun, that is most important.  I make sure our meetup has at least one table per time slot that is aimed at bringing new players into the game.  IF everyone who ran a game store event would do this we would see some growth.  IF your FLGS doesn't have a regularly scheduled game day and they have space, why not suggest organizing a meetup for your store.  For very little money, the game store could see a lot of increased traffic (if done right)Is technology a key component of growing the hobby?  No, but I do see technology as an enabler for those who may have been intimidated before e.g. character creation with the Character Builder has been a boon for 4E I feel, it's never been easier to make a character for any edition of the game.Is the hobby fine the way it is?  I think it is aging out.  I mentioned before in another thread that the vast majority of players at my meetup are 21-40 age range.  Those guys need to get married, have kids and teach their kids to play.What are some pitfalls in trying to grow the hobby?  The edition wars are not helping to grow the hobby.  Agreeing to disagree and move on would probably be a good thing, particularly given it's been two years since 4E came out.  Most have done this by now, but there are some holdouts, anytime WoTC posts on Facebook it's not long before someone says something related to the edition wars.</blockquote>

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