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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 6204820" data-attributes="member: 52734">I think D&amp;D made a mistake in that's there a huge gap in the 80's and 00's crowd; for a while, D&amp;D was not bringing in new players and the existing crowd has just been getting older.&nbsp; When they tried &quot;remaking&quot; D&amp;D, they made a grab to make it popular again to catch a new crowd, and a significant-enough established group turned their nose up at it (me being one).&nbsp; Now, I think they've got the problem it wasn't popular enough and they're trying to grab back the older, established crowd - but it may be too late; they've now probably alienated their new fanbase and the old crew is done with them.&lt;EDIT&gt;&nbsp; I think this situation really hurts the newcomers.&nbsp; They come dashing in, grinning for ear to ear, eager to play this new game they found out about, and holding the newest edition up shout &quot;Who wants to play some D&amp;D?&quot;&nbsp; Then they wonder why everyone's standing in the shadowy corners glaring at them, holding a bunch of tattered and dogeared books like any moment someone is going to come and rip them out of their hands.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 6204820, member: 52734"] I think D&D made a mistake in that's there a huge gap in the 80's and 00's crowd; for a while, D&D was not bringing in new players and the existing crowd has just been getting older. When they tried "remaking" D&D, they made a grab to make it popular again to catch a new crowd, and a significant-enough established group turned their nose up at it (me being one). Now, I think they've got the problem it wasn't popular enough and they're trying to grab back the older, established crowd - but it may be too late; they've now probably alienated their new fanbase and the old crew is done with them. <EDIT> I think this situation really hurts the newcomers. They come dashing in, grinning for ear to ear, eager to play this new game they found out about, and holding the newest edition up shout "Who wants to play some D&D?" Then they wonder why everyone's standing in the shadowy corners glaring at them, holding a bunch of tattered and dogeared books like any moment someone is going to come and rip them out of their hands. [/QUOTE]

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