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<blockquote data-quote="saskganesh" data-source="post: 5710935" data-attributes="member: 6668467"><p>ENworld is a very interesting subset of the gaming community. But the community is large, the internet is huge and I think most hobbyists only play with a small number of like minded folk. I think your argument needs more data.</p><p></p><p>In the physical world I live in a large city in Canada and am playing in a 2E game. We organised through Meet-Up, which is an online tool for setting up offline meetings. There's more interest in this game than spots available. I know through Meet-Up there's other 1E and 2e games in the GTA. Sure, not as popular as 3X or 4x, but popular enough to maintain itself as a subsubculture. And I found a store that has a good selection of 2E splatbooks, modules and other schwag. They don't comment on my three heads.</p><p></p><p>I think 2E and earlier editions and modern simulacrums are easier ways to get new players into the hobby. In my current game, half the players are new. When I ran a BasicFantasy game last winter, all my players were new. I think we would have lost them all with 3X/4.</p><p></p><p>All this sounds rather different from the OP's experience. But then again, I live in a large city where incredible diversity is incredibly normal. If I lived in a smaller community, there would be likely one game, or even more likely, no game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saskganesh, post: 5710935, member: 6668467"] ENworld is a very interesting subset of the gaming community. But the community is large, the internet is huge and I think most hobbyists only play with a small number of like minded folk. I think your argument needs more data. In the physical world I live in a large city in Canada and am playing in a 2E game. We organised through Meet-Up, which is an online tool for setting up offline meetings. There's more interest in this game than spots available. I know through Meet-Up there's other 1E and 2e games in the GTA. Sure, not as popular as 3X or 4x, but popular enough to maintain itself as a subsubculture. And I found a store that has a good selection of 2E splatbooks, modules and other schwag. They don't comment on my three heads. I think 2E and earlier editions and modern simulacrums are easier ways to get new players into the hobby. In my current game, half the players are new. When I ran a BasicFantasy game last winter, all my players were new. I think we would have lost them all with 3X/4. All this sounds rather different from the OP's experience. But then again, I live in a large city where incredible diversity is incredibly normal. If I lived in a smaller community, there would be likely one game, or even more likely, no game. [/QUOTE]
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