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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 7325914" data-attributes="member: 57112">As has been pointed out also, but this forum isn't likely to be representative of the hobby as a whole. I think what it might be a clue into, however, are the demographics of the people shaping the conversation around both the game and the hobby, from the people who produce games to the people involved in sales (such as FLGS ownership/staff/clientele), to the folks who tend to be stewards of communities organized around the hobby (from forums such as this to convention management). I've noticed that forums tend to be weighted pretty heavily more towards DMs and people with many years (if not decades) of experience with D&D, which lends itself to be dominated by a very specific demographic.It is pretty clear that the people who play D&D (and other RPGs) are growing increasingly more diverse, which is excellent. And we're starting to see that reflected, a little bit, in the places where conversations about the hobby are happening. Each discrete space for hobby to build a community is going to have different challenges and takes different steps (and at different paces) to adjust to this change in demographics, however.</blockquote>