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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 8629950" data-attributes="member: 467">I am a middle class white guy who just turned 47. I would say it has been about the last 2 years I have really honestly noticed that both mainstream 5E as well as many popular non-5E games and popular Kickstarters are "not for me." I don't mean that they are aggressively anti-GenX white dude or anything, just that my preferences (surely molded in no small part by the 80s and 90s RPGs I love) aren't the foundation of the art direction, themes or even mechanics of many of today's games. In a way it is a little off putting, but only because I would love to be as excited for a new RPG/D&D book/whatever as I used to be. But, at the same time, not being the "target market" is freeing in its own way. I can evaluate things on my own terms in a way that feeling swept along with the zeitgeist didn't feel as possible.Of course it isn't just RPGs and D&D. Most new video games are outside of my favored genres, and while I like A LOT of the film and television coming out, I have noticed that certain genres are definitely not aimed at me (looking at you, naughty comedies). At least with RPGs if there isn't something in the market I want, i can just create the thing myself. Video games and TV, not so much.</blockquote>