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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowslayer" data-source="post: 2790284" data-attributes="member: 8400">I'll go along with that.If I may draw a parallel (with a Canadian slant): The Golden Age of Hockey is generally considered, among fans, to be the late 50s and early 60s. These were the good old days that the old timers talk about, when there was only 6 teams, the players were gentlemen etc etc. But the reasonings are mostly illusion. The game is actually better now. The players are more skilled, the game is faster, less violent. (Yes, less violent...the stats back it up) I think the real reason people think of it as the golden age was because at the time, the sport was now easily followed (due to TV) There were only six teams, so if you were a fan, you knew the complete roster of each team without having to think about it. TV also turned some players into superstars. In Canada it was a total shared experience...there was only a couple of channels, and EVERYONE watched hockey on Saturday night. It became a huge part of our culture...thus the Golden Age of Hockey.I feel that the golden age of RPGs (D&amp;D in particular) was in the late 70s early 80s, partially for the same reason...the shared experience. Most everyone went up against the Giants, the Slavers, the Drow etc. You get two RPG players in a room that don't know each other, but both of them played D&amp;D back then, you'll find they're still talking the same language. (It drives my group nuts when the DM and myself begin to reminisce..we're both of that age and the others are in their 20s)&nbsp; Is the game better now? Probably. It's definitely better supported. Some excellent quality stuff out there, but so many options for game groups that your D&amp;D is not necessarily my D&amp;D anymore. (then we get on the boards and slag each other because of it...seriously, you think in 1981 we'd be arguing about &quot;roll play vs role play&quot;?) The RPG field is so fractionalized (kind of like the music industry) that its not necessarily a common experience anymore. That to me says the golden age of RPGs has passed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shadowslayer, post: 2790284, member: 8400"] I'll go along with that. If I may draw a parallel (with a Canadian slant): The Golden Age of Hockey is generally considered, among fans, to be the late 50s and early 60s. These were the good old days that the old timers talk about, when there was only 6 teams, the players were gentlemen etc etc. But the reasonings are mostly illusion. The game is actually better now. The players are more skilled, the game is faster, less violent. (Yes, less violent...the stats back it up) I think the real reason people think of it as the golden age was because at the time, the sport was now easily followed (due to TV) There were only six teams, so if you were a fan, you knew the complete roster of each team without having to think about it. TV also turned some players into superstars. In Canada it was a total shared experience...there was only a couple of channels, and EVERYONE watched hockey on Saturday night. It became a huge part of our culture...thus the Golden Age of Hockey. I feel that the golden age of RPGs (D&D in particular) was in the late 70s early 80s, partially for the same reason...the shared experience. Most everyone went up against the Giants, the Slavers, the Drow etc. You get two RPG players in a room that don't know each other, but both of them played D&D back then, you'll find they're still talking the same language. (It drives my group nuts when the DM and myself begin to reminisce..we're both of that age and the others are in their 20s) Is the game better now? Probably. It's definitely better supported. Some excellent quality stuff out there, but so many options for game groups that your D&D is not necessarily my D&D anymore. (then we get on the boards and slag each other because of it...seriously, you think in 1981 we'd be arguing about "roll play vs role play"?) The RPG field is so fractionalized (kind of like the music industry) that its not necessarily a common experience anymore. That to me says the golden age of RPGs has passed. [/QUOTE]

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