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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 4623290" data-attributes="member: 957">With all the advances in computer games, the range of computer &quot;gamers&quot; has definitely grown.&nbsp; I believe the conventional wisdom seems to follow that the pool of &quot;gamers&quot; therefore has grown as well.&nbsp; I believe this is flawed thinking.&nbsp; The table-top immersive role player is still a pretty select group (either a compliment or an insult depending on where you are sitting).You end up with more and more people who may love computer fantasy games, but ultimately would have no desire in the least to sit around a table with dice and paper and take on a personality.&nbsp; It is entirely possible that if you moved these guys back in time 25 years they would think all fantasy games were stupid.&nbsp; And it is just as probable that many of the kids we all knew 25 years ago that thought D&amp;D games were stupid would love today's computer FRPGs if they were still 15 years old (or even now at 40).Nothing has changed except the quality of computer games.&nbsp; It is a mistake to think this in any way changes the core table top gamer population.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 4623290, member: 957"] With all the advances in computer games, the range of computer "gamers" has definitely grown. I believe the conventional wisdom seems to follow that the pool of "gamers" therefore has grown as well. I believe this is flawed thinking. The table-top immersive role player is still a pretty select group (either a compliment or an insult depending on where you are sitting). You end up with more and more people who may love computer fantasy games, but ultimately would have no desire in the least to sit around a table with dice and paper and take on a personality. It is entirely possible that if you moved these guys back in time 25 years they would think all fantasy games were stupid. And it is just as probable that many of the kids we all knew 25 years ago that thought D&D games were stupid would love today's computer FRPGs if they were still 15 years old (or even now at 40). Nothing has changed except the quality of computer games. It is a mistake to think this in any way changes the core table top gamer population. [/QUOTE]

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