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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Coreyartus" data-source="post: 1571769" data-attributes="member: 5399">San Diego GamersI guess I'm just very fortunate then.  In the San Diego area, the Living Greyhawk group has got a LOT of older gamers--in fact, I'd venture to say that about half of the players are 35-40 and above.  In fact, the definition of "older gamer" is really relative here...  It's very obvious when someone joins us that's under 20--there's just a different vibe.  D&D is definately a mature sport here.  And while it's moderately popular in the military we've got stationed here, those folks tend to be young and run in a different crowd...I think Aging Gamer Syndrome is going to become more and more common--teens today are interested in different things that take less brainwork and have more visual stimulation.  Schedules don't matter when you've got a computer and you don't have to leave the house to join online games.  D&D is too much work and too expensive for kids nowdays.  Not enough instant gratification.And I guess that's okay by me.  The game won't die--too many people play it--it'll just "morph" into something different.  It'll probably go the way of those couples that ritually play cribbage every Sunday night--it was fantastically popular for a short while and everyone played, and now it's not the fad anymore.  I look forward to being one of those old folks in their sweaters and newsboy caps gathering around the park chess tables to play RPGs.   And those young whippersnappers will look at us quizically and think, "How can they possibly be enjoying themselves?  What do they talk about for all those hours?"  I think, someday in the future as we all lose our ability to stay mobile after long years of retirement, D&D will become the ultimate "sit around the living room and keep our minds sharp" kind of game.  And I look forward to it.Coreyartus</blockquote>

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