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<blockquote data-quote="Hippy" data-source="post: 5012022" data-attributes="member: 63574">I think again it is a matter of personal perspective.&nbsp; If you are a Gen Xer (like me <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />) then the 80's was likely the &quot;golden age&quot; for you.&nbsp; It was when you had your first taste of rpgs and got hooked!&nbsp; You will never again have that first feeling and so there is a natural sentimental attachment to it.&nbsp; However if you did not game until the 90's or 2000+&nbsp; these eras become your &quot;golden age&quot; and that is great!&nbsp; People will always tend to have an affinity to the time and place that made gaming special to them and to me there is no right or wrong answer there.That said, I personally feel we are entering a different time for gaming.&nbsp; The term is expanded to include the large console and computer gaming marketplace.&nbsp; What we feel is a golden age to us, will be different to those that got hooked on playing computer based rpgs.&nbsp; I do not feel this means the beginning of a &quot;dark age&quot; for table-top rpgs at all.&nbsp; In fact if you look at what places like EnWorld have done to unify and bring diiscussion to table-top gaming, we are in a renaissance period!&nbsp; There are more ways then ever to find out about great new games, that in past times (like the 80's) likely would never have reached an audiance let alone the marketplace!&nbsp; So rejoice that we have the ability to find niche games that meet our individual tastes and can support them as a community!Cheers,Hippy</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hippy, post: 5012022, member: 63574"] I think again it is a matter of personal perspective. If you are a Gen Xer (like me ;)) then the 80's was likely the "golden age" for you. It was when you had your first taste of rpgs and got hooked! You will never again have that first feeling and so there is a natural sentimental attachment to it. However if you did not game until the 90's or 2000+ these eras become your "golden age" and that is great! People will always tend to have an affinity to the time and place that made gaming special to them and to me there is no right or wrong answer there. That said, I personally feel we are entering a different time for gaming. The term is expanded to include the large console and computer gaming marketplace. What we feel is a golden age to us, will be different to those that got hooked on playing computer based rpgs. I do not feel this means the beginning of a "dark age" for table-top rpgs at all. In fact if you look at what places like EnWorld have done to unify and bring diiscussion to table-top gaming, we are in a renaissance period! There are more ways then ever to find out about great new games, that in past times (like the 80's) likely would never have reached an audiance let alone the marketplace! So rejoice that we have the ability to find niche games that meet our individual tastes and can support them as a community! Cheers, Hippy [/QUOTE]

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