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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8512519" data-attributes="member: 2629">That is a bit ageist, and fairly wrong.&nbsp; There are a lot of diverse people over the age of 35.&nbsp; This is the first time we're going to see a real representation of a D&amp;D game in video entertainment.&nbsp; What abpout LoTR, WoT, GoT, etc...?&nbsp; Lord of the Rings is a fantasy story, and it inspired D&amp;D, but D&amp;D was only inspired by LotR.&nbsp; It has grown into something else, and we've never seen that 'table presence' of a D&amp;D game translated back into a video based media.ANYONE that has played D&amp;D for a while will see a reflection of part of their games in this cartoon, and that is going to appeal when they give it a chance.&nbsp; We have people that were older than 40 in 1980 that have played D&amp;D for more than 40 years.&nbsp; People play it in retirement homes.&nbsp; The guys that most contributed to the earliest editions would be in their 70s and 80s now.&nbsp;&nbsp; I know over a hundred people, personally, that are over 35 and are looking forward to this cartoon.Further, putting aside D&amp;D players, this is going to appeal to people that grew up on cartoons.&nbsp; The people making it understand the cartoon audiences - from anime, to old school.&nbsp; D&amp;D wasn't their first area of expertise - cartoon shows are.&nbsp; This is a confluence of amazinglyu targeted high talent coming together to create the greatest ad for D&amp;D there has ever been.I think people are going to be blown away by how widely this is accepted, embraced and further monetized in the coming years.&nbsp; I expect they'll greet light Might Nein, the Bell-igerants (current campaign - not their real name ... yet), and new stories with original characters set in Exandria&nbsp; - all in the next 3 years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8512519, member: 2629"] That is a bit ageist, and fairly wrong. There are a lot of diverse people over the age of 35. This is the first time we're going to see a real representation of a D&D game in video entertainment. What abpout LoTR, WoT, GoT, etc...? Lord of the Rings is a fantasy story, and it inspired D&D, but D&D was only inspired by LotR. It has grown into something else, and we've never seen that 'table presence' of a D&D game translated back into a video based media. ANYONE that has played D&D for a while will see a reflection of part of their games in this cartoon, and that is going to appeal when they give it a chance. We have people that were older than 40 in 1980 that have played D&D for more than 40 years. People play it in retirement homes. The guys that most contributed to the earliest editions would be in their 70s and 80s now. I know over a hundred people, personally, that are over 35 and are looking forward to this cartoon. Further, putting aside D&D players, this is going to appeal to people that grew up on cartoons. The people making it understand the cartoon audiences - from anime, to old school. D&D wasn't their first area of expertise - cartoon shows are. This is a confluence of amazinglyu targeted high talent coming together to create the greatest ad for D&D there has ever been. I think people are going to be blown away by how widely this is accepted, embraced and further monetized in the coming years. I expect they'll greet light Might Nein, the Bell-igerants (current campaign - not their real name ... yet), and [I]new stories with original characters[/I] set in Exandria - all in the next 3 years. [/QUOTE]

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