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<blockquote data-quote="RodneyThompson" data-source="post: 4908645" data-attributes="member: 3594">I actually came into the hobby through West End Games' Star Wars Roleplaying Game. I had heard of D&amp;D, but didn't really know what it was. I ended up buying the Dark Empire Sourcebook way back when it came out, just for the flavor information in it. When I noticed all the stats seemed to be for some kind of game, I started doing some research...and so I got introduced to the hobby. Now, even if that hadn't happened, I would have almost certainly gotten into D&amp;D eventually, whether through the guys I gamed with in high school (who were already my friends), or the guys I gamed with in college (same).It's interesting to think, though, that there may be a whole segment of the gaming population that came in through non-gaming intentions. There's obviously a much wider market for just sci-fi fans, or just fantasy fans, etc. If some percentage of that wider market picks up a gaming book, just for source information, then that's going to grow the hobby.I heard some griping when the Practical Guides books (PG to Dragons, etc.) were announced, and the same with the Dungeon Survival Guide/Adventurer's Guide to Eberron. Those books aren't necessarily for the entrenched gamer; they're to get people interested in fantasy interested in the world of D&amp;D. Once they see that this game is built on fantastic worlds just as detailed (in many cases, moreso) than the ones in novels and comics and such, it certainly seems easier to draw them into the game. If I was going to try to get someone new into D&amp;D, I'd give them one of those books first, to get them hooked on the concepts and setting first.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RodneyThompson, post: 4908645, member: 3594"] I actually came into the hobby through West End Games' Star Wars Roleplaying Game. I had heard of D&D, but didn't really know what it was. I ended up buying the Dark Empire Sourcebook way back when it came out, just for the flavor information in it. When I noticed all the stats seemed to be for some kind of game, I started doing some research...and so I got introduced to the hobby. Now, even if that hadn't happened, I would have almost certainly gotten into D&D eventually, whether through the guys I gamed with in high school (who were already my friends), or the guys I gamed with in college (same). It's interesting to think, though, that there may be a whole segment of the gaming population that came in through non-gaming intentions. There's obviously a much wider market for just sci-fi fans, or just fantasy fans, etc. If some percentage of that wider market picks up a gaming book, just for source information, then that's going to grow the hobby. I heard some griping when the Practical Guides books (PG to Dragons, etc.) were announced, and the same with the Dungeon Survival Guide/Adventurer's Guide to Eberron. Those books aren't necessarily for the entrenched gamer; they're to get people interested in fantasy interested in the world of D&D. Once they see that this game is built on fantastic worlds just as detailed (in many cases, moreso) than the ones in novels and comics and such, it certainly seems easier to draw them into the game. If I was going to try to get someone new into D&D, I'd give them one of those books first, to get them hooked on the concepts and setting first. [/QUOTE]

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