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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6385796" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>Same reason there is a new Star Wars moving coming out. Same reason Marvel movies are booming right now based on material from 25-30 years ago often. Same reason we have Transformers and Ninja Turtles and all these other remakes of stuff from decades ago. Because the rumor and legend and myth and brand name of those things has the power to carry down to young people today. New D&D players often have heard of Keep on the Borderlands. They heard it mentioned in Wil Weaton's podcast, or Felcia Day mentioned it, or it got a drop-in mention on Big Bang Theory or Community. Or it got an inside joke in a video game, or a mention in an article or a book, or on the Internet like this thread. All the different ways we communicate myth to the next generation, apply for D&D as well. There is power in the brand, and the brand is "named-things" such as characters and adventures and settings and stories from the past that get mentioned again and again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6385796, member: 2525"] Same reason there is a new Star Wars moving coming out. Same reason Marvel movies are booming right now based on material from 25-30 years ago often. Same reason we have Transformers and Ninja Turtles and all these other remakes of stuff from decades ago. Because the rumor and legend and myth and brand name of those things has the power to carry down to young people today. New D&D players often have heard of Keep on the Borderlands. They heard it mentioned in Wil Weaton's podcast, or Felcia Day mentioned it, or it got a drop-in mention on Big Bang Theory or Community. Or it got an inside joke in a video game, or a mention in an article or a book, or on the Internet like this thread. All the different ways we communicate myth to the next generation, apply for D&D as well. There is power in the brand, and the brand is "named-things" such as characters and adventures and settings and stories from the past that get mentioned again and again. [/QUOTE]
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