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<blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 2020134" data-attributes="member: 1515">&quot;This game is so cool, even Vin Diesel plays it!&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />But, seriously, I don't think an ad campaign is the answer (and I think it's highly, highly unlikely that BelenUmeria's wished-for organization could ever afford it, anyway).Honestly, it's probably word-of-mouth that brought a lot of us into this hobby in the first place.&nbsp; I'd wager that most people started playing D&amp;D because some friend / some kids at school / their older brother played it.&nbsp; That's why WotC pours money into DCI (for card games) and RPGA (for RPGs), and why WizKids puts money into their Organized Play program.&nbsp; They work to encourage people to run demos and tournaments, often at public places.&nbsp; (Now, you could argue that those games are being played in places that already contain gamers, but that's another issue.)&nbsp; Those activities help build a grass-roots community of gamers.Besides, I think a message of &quot;play *this* cool game&quot; (be it D&amp;D, Mage Knight, whatever) is going to have a lot more pull than &quot;play a game in general.&quot;&nbsp; And, that message is most likely going to be coming from the manufacturer of said game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenobi65, post: 2020134, member: 1515"] "This game is so cool, even Vin Diesel plays it!" :D But, seriously, I don't think an ad campaign is the answer (and I think it's highly, highly unlikely that BelenUmeria's wished-for organization could ever afford it, anyway). Honestly, it's probably word-of-mouth that brought a lot of us into this hobby in the first place. I'd wager that most people started playing D&D because some friend / some kids at school / their older brother played it. That's why WotC pours money into DCI (for card games) and RPGA (for RPGs), and why WizKids puts money into their Organized Play program. They work to encourage people to run demos and tournaments, often at public places. (Now, you could argue that those games are being played in places that already contain gamers, but that's another issue.) Those activities help build a grass-roots community of gamers. Besides, I think a message of "play *this* cool game" (be it D&D, Mage Knight, whatever) is going to have a lot more pull than "play a game in general." And, that message is most likely going to be coming from the manufacturer of said game. [/QUOTE]

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