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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 6380534" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>It's a good ramble.</p><p></p><p>I can't speak to other cities... but three years ago, I managed to have sub jobs in EVERY high school in Anchorage... and I saw as many gaming groups now as back in 1987, when I was a student....</p><p></p><p>And what I saw, well into the 4E era... lots of 3.0 and 3.5 D&D. Lots of Palladium, Some WWG oWoD - but not nWoD. No 4E. One Mongoose Traveller game, one T20 group (who played outside school, but made me sign their rulebook, as I'm in the credits). I spoke about gaming with 7 kids in 5 different groups. The T20 group was mostly errata... they don't play with any adults. None of the kids in the high schools gamed with adults. I know one highschooler now who does... my daughter... but most of her gamer friends at school don't game with adults.</p><p></p><p>The kids are tending to play an edition or two back. The Palladium games were using 1st cover or 2nd cover, but not the 3rd cover pattern. (I don't know if those reflect rules revisions or not, as I quit reading Rifts after the release of Vampire Kingdoms.)</p><p></p><p>Of the kids I talked to, the T20 group was using the GM's dad's book, with permission. The rest were using books bought second hand or on deep discounts.</p><p></p><p>If WotC wants to catch them, well... the PHB isn't going to do so. They're playing what's cheap. (Locally, used rifts books go for $5 at certain pawn shops... and the shops buy them at $2... so they're really cheap, used.)</p><p></p><p>Now, the encounters nights locally... 2 young kids, a couple high schoolers... but mostly 20's to mid 30's. I feel particularly old (at 45) in there. The GM's are 3x 40's and 1x30's. 20+ people weekly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 6380534, member: 6779310"] It's a good ramble. I can't speak to other cities... but three years ago, I managed to have sub jobs in EVERY high school in Anchorage... and I saw as many gaming groups now as back in 1987, when I was a student.... And what I saw, well into the 4E era... lots of 3.0 and 3.5 D&D. Lots of Palladium, Some WWG oWoD - but not nWoD. No 4E. One Mongoose Traveller game, one T20 group (who played outside school, but made me sign their rulebook, as I'm in the credits). I spoke about gaming with 7 kids in 5 different groups. The T20 group was mostly errata... they don't play with any adults. None of the kids in the high schools gamed with adults. I know one highschooler now who does... my daughter... but most of her gamer friends at school don't game with adults. The kids are tending to play an edition or two back. The Palladium games were using 1st cover or 2nd cover, but not the 3rd cover pattern. (I don't know if those reflect rules revisions or not, as I quit reading Rifts after the release of Vampire Kingdoms.) Of the kids I talked to, the T20 group was using the GM's dad's book, with permission. The rest were using books bought second hand or on deep discounts. If WotC wants to catch them, well... the PHB isn't going to do so. They're playing what's cheap. (Locally, used rifts books go for $5 at certain pawn shops... and the shops buy them at $2... so they're really cheap, used.) Now, the encounters nights locally... 2 young kids, a couple high schoolers... but mostly 20's to mid 30's. I feel particularly old (at 45) in there. The GM's are 3x 40's and 1x30's. 20+ people weekly. [/QUOTE]
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