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<blockquote data-quote="Parmandur" data-source="post: 8633648" data-attributes="member: 6780330">I think you misestimate the demographics of many earlier Editions: WotC has said that the main audience reached for 3E and 4E were still teens and twenty somethings (like I was at the time), but spaces like this tend to overrepresnt longetermers. 5E is more successful at brining more people in, but the fluctuating and primarily younger audience was a constant.I would suggest that thinking about 2014 and 2024 D&amp;D as heirs of AD&amp;D is going to be confusing here, because a better comparison is Basic D&amp;D, the model consistently cited by WotC as their strategy moving forwards. Counting OD&amp;D, Basic saw 6 editions between 1974-1994 prior to being folded into AD&amp;D. I expect thst the 2014 material and the 2024 material will work together like Moldvay B/X, Meltzer BECMi, and Allston Rules Cyclopedia Editions of the game. I will still be able to run a 2024 party through Princes of the Apocalyspe. We already have new Monster and race rules playing right next to the old.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Parmandur, post: 8633648, member: 6780330"] I think you misestimate the demographics of many earlier Editions: WotC has said that the main audience reached for 3E and 4E were still teens and twenty somethings (like I was at the time), but spaces like this tend to overrepresnt longetermers. 5E is more successful at brining more people in, but the fluctuating and primarily younger audience was a constant. I would suggest that thinking about 2014 and 2024 D&D as heirs of AD&D is going to be confusing here, because a better comparison is Basic D&D, the model consistently cited by WotC as their strategy moving forwards. Counting OD&D, Basic saw 6 editions between 1974-1994 prior to being folded into AD&D. I expect thst the 2014 material and the 2024 material will work together like Moldvay B/X, Meltzer BECMi, and Allston Rules Cyclopedia Editions of the game. I will still be able to run a 2024 party through Princes of the Apocalyspe. We already have new Monster and race rules playing right next to the old. [/QUOTE]

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