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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 5713378" data-attributes="member: 4348">As I said, none of the OD&D players or AD&D players that I actually play with (some who I might not but have met there may go though, but they seem few and far between) go to FLGS's at all anymore...haven't for decades.  In that, even the FLGS doesn't reflect gamers outside of the FLGS.  FLGS's don't offer anything they want, so they don't go there.  I stand more chances of meeting them via work or other hobbies that I participate in than going to an FLGS.A LOT of them don't even get online to even talk about RPGs or AD&D and so you wouldn't even see them online.I know a LOT more AD&D/ex-AD&D players than I actually know of 3.X and later editions...BUT that is only from what I experience, not necessarily what is out there.Over half have families and other things which they concentrate their time on and so don't really play AD&D on any regular basis...normally if they are at some gathering and it comes up...they may play.Also friends of my generation are pretty easy to find RPG players occasionally.  They play what they recognize, so that normally means AD&D is up there, but most never touched (if they even heard of) 3.X or 4e or anything after the 70s or 80s.  That makes it pretty easy to play what they know.As I said, that is in no-wise representative of what occurs with others in the rest of the world.  I think it indicates that there is a whole audience/host of people that are not represented in any way or form on RPG message boards though.</blockquote>

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