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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 9271374" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I was talking to my son about this on the drive home from school today. He says among the players in the three groups he plays D&amp;D with (about 20 but some are very casual, and drop in and out), he thinks only he and his friend who DMs two of the groups know about the new upcoming revision. They are all online, but most are not search and consuming D&amp;D related social media content. It is just something they do on the occasional saturday. Most don't even own any books. The DM holds onto their character sheets and they just show up and play. For my son and his friend who do kinda follow this stuff, they don't have strong opinions either way. When I ask my son if they'll use the new rules, he just shrugged &quot;I dunno, we'll see.&quot; He's not even that interested in discussing it. If WotC knocks their in-house VTT out of the park, especially if it will be available for consoles (PS4/5 especially, at least with my sons and his friends), that could create a lot of excitement and interest. Thinking about it on the one hand makes me sad, because I love seeing junior high kids getting together over pen and paper and away from screens for most of day. On the other hand, it would make it easier for get together for shorter sessions more often for what I think is a more enriching experience than Fortnite, Overwatch, etc.As for the books, it is not like they are trying to save up their allowance to buy new books or begging their parents for them. If they do move to the new books for in-person play, it'll likely be because I or another D&amp;D-loving dad (father of the main DM kid) gifts them the books on a birthday or at Christmas.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 9271374, member: 6796661"] I was talking to my son about this on the drive home from school today. He says among the players in the three groups he plays D&D with (about 20 but some are very casual, and drop in and out), he thinks only he and his friend who DMs two of the groups know about the new upcoming revision. They are all online, but most are not search and consuming D&D related social media content. It is just something they do on the occasional saturday. Most don't even own any books. The DM holds onto their character sheets and they just show up and play. For my son and his friend who do kinda follow this stuff, they don't have strong opinions either way. When I ask my son if they'll use the new rules, he just shrugged "I dunno, we'll see." He's not even that interested in discussing it. If WotC knocks their in-house VTT out of the park, especially if it will be available for consoles (PS4/5 especially, at least with my sons and his friends), that could create a lot of excitement and interest. Thinking about it on the one hand makes me sad, because I love seeing junior high kids getting together over pen and paper and away from screens for most of day. On the other hand, it would make it easier for get together for shorter sessions more often for what I think is a more enriching experience than Fortnite, Overwatch, etc. As for the books, it is not like they are trying to save up their allowance to buy new books or begging their parents for them. If they do move to the new books for in-person play, it'll likely be because I or another D&D-loving dad (father of the main DM kid) gifts them the books on a birthday or at Christmas. [/QUOTE]

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