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Message: <blockquote data-quote="med stud" data-source="post: 4304624" data-attributes="member: 1211">Legacy doesn't matter. D&D is a strong trademark, it's probably the only RPG trademark that is known in the general public, but it's still just a RPG.A tabletop RPG is a genre of it's own, and as with all genres, it attracts certain people. When the right person is exposed to a RPG, that person will be fascinated. That person will most likely introduce a bunch of friends to it. Then you have a new group of gamers.That kind of people have a latent need for a TT RPG. You need to expose them to the games. I would say that this is the best time for that exposure since fantasy gaming is now huge. There are tons of fantasy themed computer games, the LotR and Harry Potter- movies have reached a number of people that is unparallelled. Of those who enjoy fantasy, there is most likely a number of people who want to play RPGs.I think the way to introduce them now is aggressive marketing, which is something the Rouse has spoken about (TV-commercials and stuff). When they have buyed the books, it's their personalities that will decide if they stick to it. Do they like what they see? Then they will learn. D&D 4e isn't complicated per se. It doesn't take intelligence to understand 4e, it takes time, and not a lot of it either. If they don't like what they see, then it doesn't matter. If you have the interest you will take the time and then you will learn.</blockquote>