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[UPDATED] Has ADVENTURER'S HANDBOOK Been Cancelled?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickster Spirit" data-source="post: 7657775" data-attributes="member: 6701829"><p>Wasn't a popular meme going around EnWorld and other boards a couple of years ago that the hobby was dying because the only dedicated players were the aging grognards and that young people just weren't getting into it because they'd been raised on video games?</p><p></p><p>(I'm legitimately asking that - I know that was a common sentiment on more than one board at one point, but can't recall if EnWorld was one of them!)</p><p></p><p>It's not true, mind you, but a few years ago people were bemoaning the fact that there wasn't enough of a focus on getting new players into the game. </p><p></p><p>That existing 40 year audience is exactly the reason why D&D is such a great contender for a huge movie / TV / video game / all of the above franchise, but growing your brand is never pointless. The more people stoked about D&D, the better the odds of that franchise taking off. The huger the movies / TV series / game series work out to be, the more people will be introduced to the pen and paper game.</p><p></p><p>Sure, a lot of people have heard about D&D, but most of those folks discount it as nerds rolling dice. Hostility towards nerdy things has mostly faded but D&D is still the arch-nerdom - have a huge, popular movie franchise take it mainstream and you'll reap an incredible number of curious newcomers looking for their first game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickster Spirit, post: 7657775, member: 6701829"] Wasn't a popular meme going around EnWorld and other boards a couple of years ago that the hobby was dying because the only dedicated players were the aging grognards and that young people just weren't getting into it because they'd been raised on video games? (I'm legitimately asking that - I know that was a common sentiment on more than one board at one point, but can't recall if EnWorld was one of them!) It's not true, mind you, but a few years ago people were bemoaning the fact that there wasn't enough of a focus on getting new players into the game. That existing 40 year audience is exactly the reason why D&D is such a great contender for a huge movie / TV / video game / all of the above franchise, but growing your brand is never pointless. The more people stoked about D&D, the better the odds of that franchise taking off. The huger the movies / TV series / game series work out to be, the more people will be introduced to the pen and paper game. Sure, a lot of people have heard about D&D, but most of those folks discount it as nerds rolling dice. Hostility towards nerdy things has mostly faded but D&D is still the arch-nerdom - have a huge, popular movie franchise take it mainstream and you'll reap an incredible number of curious newcomers looking for their first game. [/QUOTE]
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