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<blockquote data-quote="PaulofCthulhu" data-source="post: 3672444">Personally, I'm seeing a decline in tabletop RPG-play locally. Those who play in my area also seem to be a greying population - too many easy distractions elsewhere for the young 'uns! <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=";)" />A significant point with RPGs I think is that you need a bunch of people together to play - yes, you can do it online via chat and utilities but it misses out important social aspects for me - and the recorded games I've heard this way have seemed stilted due to lag.Speaking of recordings, perhaps it's a good thing that some people do record their game sessions - a piece of social history for future generations to access.Basically, my concern is - there aren't enough people coming into the tabletop RPG hobby to sustain viable gaming groups in the longer term (decades). Your mileage may vary, I'm just recounting personal experience and my current viewpoint.(Personally I think we should hijack Theatre people and sneak in RPG elements into 'Murder Mystery' Party Games, oh yes... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />)Paul</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PaulofCthulhu, post: 3672444"] Personally, I'm seeing a decline in tabletop RPG-play locally. Those who play in my area also seem to be a greying population - too many easy distractions elsewhere for the young 'uns! ;) A significant point with RPGs I think is that you need a bunch of people together to play - yes, you can do it online via chat and utilities but it misses out important social aspects for me - and the recorded games I've heard this way have seemed stilted due to lag. Speaking of recordings, perhaps it's a good thing that some people do record their game sessions - a piece of social history for future generations to access. Basically, my concern is - there aren't enough people coming into the tabletop RPG hobby to sustain viable gaming groups in the longer term (decades). Your mileage may vary, I'm just recounting personal experience and my current viewpoint. (Personally I think we should hijack Theatre people and sneak in RPG elements into 'Murder Mystery' Party Games, oh yes... :)) Paul [/QUOTE]

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