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<blockquote data-quote="Shabe" data-source="post: 4411831" data-attributes="member: 66108">Hmmm lets see how i was caught up in rpg.My parents bought me back fantasy books from the library.I played fighting fantasy books.I read my big brothers AD&amp;D DMG.I played heroquest and space crusade.I played W40k.I played discworld MuDI played Angband and variants.I went to uni and joined the lrp society and am still with that group of friends.I was asked to play Mage.Played Baldurs gate and diablo II.A friend invited me to play a 3e version of Dragonlance.I ran D&amp;D.Basically i was steeped in fantasy and sci-fi knowledge, i was also shown that games can be played in those settings, i then wanted to play in them. D&amp;D was such a pervasive brand that i didn't really know of any other system, besides my friend was running it. I don't think there is a problem with the industry, i know plenty of other groups out there that aren't mine and none of them play D&amp;D, they poke fun at D&amp;D, implying it's an immature game or a generic setting for those without imagination. The group/s I'm with at the moment will play the game that someone is running, doesn't matter what system, if it doesn't interest them then it will just fold up after a bit. The only campaign that's really stuck was dragonlance which we played to completion, all the others, no matter what system tended to peter out. Our group is getting a little bit fed up with D&amp;D and I've got this idea for a new non D&amp;D game (I was pointed to savage worlds because i asked for a cheap generic system).So in my experience there is no problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shabe, post: 4411831, member: 66108"] Hmmm lets see how i was caught up in rpg. My parents bought me back fantasy books from the library. I played fighting fantasy books. I read my big brothers AD&D DMG. I played heroquest and space crusade. I played W40k. I played discworld MuD I played Angband and variants. I went to uni and joined the lrp society and am still with that group of friends. I was asked to play Mage. Played Baldurs gate and diablo II. A friend invited me to play a 3e version of Dragonlance. I ran D&D. Basically i was steeped in fantasy and sci-fi knowledge, i was also shown that games can be played in those settings, i then wanted to play in them. D&D was such a pervasive brand that i didn't really know of any other system, besides my friend was running it. I don't think there is a problem with the industry, i know plenty of other groups out there that aren't mine and none of them play D&D, they poke fun at D&D, implying it's an immature game or a generic setting for those without imagination. The group/s I'm with at the moment will play the game that someone is running, doesn't matter what system, if it doesn't interest them then it will just fold up after a bit. The only campaign that's really stuck was dragonlance which we played to completion, all the others, no matter what system tended to peter out. Our group is getting a little bit fed up with D&D and I've got this idea for a new non D&D game (I was pointed to savage worlds because i asked for a cheap generic system). So in my experience there is no problem. [/QUOTE]

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