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<blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 3861588" data-attributes="member: 1003">You may not be, but that has more to do with personal taste than age.One of the odd things about the world we live in today is how tastes and preferences are spanning across all decades.&nbsp; The old assumptions about &quot;This stuff is for kids/grownups/boomers/codgers etc.&quot; is just going away.&nbsp; There are Peter Jackson and Jackson Pollack fans in every age bracket.You know what I really think it is?&nbsp; Conan d20.&nbsp; I'm serious.&nbsp; There's a lot of competition tabletop in gaming out there right now (more than just Conan), and D&amp;D can't rely on just superior marketing and retail channel access to hold their own.&nbsp; They have to do some stuff that really sets them apart from their competition.&nbsp; They have to play to their strengths (or what they believe them to be).D&amp;D has always been the biggest of the tabletop RPG's, but that doesn't mean they can't be supplanted.&nbsp; There's no law that says &quot;D&amp;D must outsell all other games 10:1.&quot;&nbsp; If they don't do their best to appeal to a customer base (which may or may not be you), they'll die.So far 4E sounds promising (from my point of view, YMMV), but it may in the end not be for me.&nbsp; I'm sanguine with that though because there are so many alternatives.&nbsp;<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Teaching&quot; consumers what they want and should play.&nbsp; That's always fun &amp; profitable.Relatedly, I flatly reject the idea of &quot;Coke Zero.&quot;&nbsp; If I was able to overcome the flavor of apartame and learned to enjoy the flavor of Diet Coke, there's no reason kids today can't as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Irda Ranger, post: 3861588, member: 1003"] You may not be, but that has more to do with personal taste than age. One of the odd things about the world we live in today is how tastes and preferences are spanning across all decades. The old assumptions about "This stuff is for kids/grownups/boomers/codgers etc." is just going away. There are Peter Jackson and Jackson Pollack fans in every age bracket. You know what I really think it is? Conan d20. I'm serious. There's a lot of competition tabletop in gaming out there right now (more than just Conan), and D&D can't rely on just superior marketing and retail channel access to hold their own. They have to do some stuff that really sets them apart from their competition. They have to play to their strengths (or what they believe them to be). D&D has always been the biggest of the tabletop RPG's, but that doesn't mean they can't be supplanted. There's no law that says "D&D must outsell all other games 10:1." If they don't do their best to appeal to a customer base (which may or may not be you), they'll die. So far 4E sounds promising (from my point of view, YMMV), but it may in the end not be for me. I'm sanguine with that though because there are so many alternatives. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: "Teaching" consumers what they want and should play. That's always fun & profitable. Relatedly, I flatly reject the idea of "Coke Zero." If I was able to overcome the flavor of apartame and learned to enjoy the flavor of Diet Coke, there's no reason kids today can't as well. [/QUOTE]

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