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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Red Castle" data-source="post: 8980723" data-attributes="member: 7040765">Same for me. I've been playing TTRPG, Boardgames and Miniature games for about 30 years spending a lot of money on those hobby, and yet never went to a Con. Would love to one day, but still have to.Let's not forget that going to a Con is not just about wanting to go, it's actually a big investment. You have to pay for your pass, you have to pay for the travel, rent a room, foods... It's a luxury, so yeah, I would expect to see mostly older players with a good income to cover all those expenses, not young people that, like it has been said by both parties in this discussion, has limited income, so going to a Con is probably veeery low on their priority scale.A more representative place could be the FLGS because now distance and admission cost is not really an issue. But then again, there is other factors to take into consideration that doesn't make it really reliable, like for exemple the preference to play in store or at home. I know I personnally prefer to play at home, in the confort of my gaming room. What I do know though, is that when I walk into the FLGS and look at the people playing Magic or miniature games, they seems to be mostly young people. Now those games ain't cheap, so if one of them would decide to prioritise playing DnD, money should not be an issue. So it seems that it is even more important for WotC to target the younger generation. Not only are they the future, but since they have a more limited income, you have to convince them that your product is the best there is, the better investment. If you target the older crowd that is mostly already sold, not only will your consumer base won't grow as much, but new younger might not find your product as attractive, so will spend their limited income somewhere else and just buy a player handbook, or maybe subscribe to DnDBeyond.</blockquote>

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