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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7849179" data-attributes="member: 15700">I'm not gonna claim LARP killed D&amp;D; that would be pretty ridiculous.&nbsp; But I think it did have some effect on D&amp;D's popularity, even if by a small amount.&nbsp; I remember the general population would associate LARPers with D&amp;D, and have met many who just assumed that's how people played D&amp;D.&nbsp; And let's be real, to the average person, a LARPer is pretty unusual, weird, and extra nerdy.&nbsp; I remember a movie (can't recall the title, but it was about modern day swordsmen) that came out in the late 80s or early 90s, and there was a scene where they are at the swordsmen school, and one of the new students was this overweight bespeckled nerd with a fake sword and fake furs, and he introduced himself as a Chaotic evil barbarian.&nbsp; They promptly made fun of him and beat his butt in humiliation.That was the general view towards LARPers.&nbsp; That very strong stigma I'm sure had an effect in trying to recruit people into playing D&amp;D back then.Re: Magic, I can also attest that in military circles, almost everyone single person I know in the military switched from D&amp;D to Magic, because it was a card game, which meant it was portable.&nbsp; And when you get deployed, you have very limited space.&nbsp;&nbsp; We bought that stuff up like candy.edit&nbsp; Ha!&nbsp; Turns out it was called &quot;The swordsman&quot;.&nbsp; Of course lol.&nbsp; 1992.&nbsp; Lorenzo Llamas.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7849179, member: 15700"] I'm not gonna claim LARP killed D&D; that would be pretty ridiculous. But I think it did have [I]some [/I]effect on D&D's popularity, even if by a small amount. I remember the general population would associate LARPers with D&D, and have met many who just assumed that's how people played D&D. And let's be real, to the average person, a LARPer is pretty unusual, weird, and extra nerdy. I remember a movie (can't recall the title, but it was about modern day swordsmen) that came out in the late 80s or early 90s, and there was a scene where they are at the swordsmen school, and one of the new students was this overweight bespeckled nerd with a fake sword and fake furs, and he introduced himself as a Chaotic evil barbarian. They promptly made fun of him and beat his butt in humiliation. That was the general view towards LARPers. That very strong stigma I'm sure had an effect in trying to recruit people into playing D&D back then. Re: Magic, I can also attest that in military circles, almost everyone single person I know in the military switched from D&D to Magic, because it was a card game, which meant it was portable. And when you get deployed, you have very limited space. We bought that stuff up like candy. [I]edit[/I] Ha! Turns out it was called "The swordsman". Of course lol. 1992. Lorenzo Llamas. [/QUOTE]

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