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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9241602">I don't know the numbers here, but old school fans are not all over 40. The OSR has introduced a lot of people to old school play. But obviously Gen X is a pretty small generation. It wouldn't surprise me if gamers my age aren't massively represented in D&D. I do still see appeals to old school players. I think with Basic the gamble was that will bring in old school fans but also bring in new people because basic was very good at getting people who didn't play into RPGs. I don't know how true or untrue the by part of this is. But I do think you are right they were trying to reach 3E fans with 5E. They were an important group to bring back into the fold. At one point I was a 3E player and I left because 4E. While I didn't come back to it after 5E. I know plenty of people from my 3E days who did happily buy 5E even if they hated 4E. However I will add, a lot of them switched to pathfinder after the OGL fiasco</blockquote>