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<blockquote data-quote="rogueattorney" data-source="post: 1631314" data-attributes="member: 17551">Following Treant and RFisher's posts:1.&nbsp; I wonder how/if the poll would be different on the WotC boards.&nbsp; I think that board tends to have a younger crowd.&nbsp; I would guess there'd be a much higher percentage of people introduced to the game by 2e or 3e.2.&nbsp; Trent's right.&nbsp; Almost 3/4 of the people on this board first got into the game with a product that wasn't generally available after 1990 or so (OD&amp;D, 1e or BD&amp;D).&nbsp; Which means - (a) not as many people were getting into the game over the last 10-15 years; or (b) the people who got into the game over the last 10-15 years, didn't stay in the game; or (c) the people who got into the game over the last 10-15 years don't post here; or (d) a combination of the above.&nbsp; I think d is probably the case, but the general agreement that the gaming population is getting older would indicate that a and b are significant factors.3.&nbsp; Fisher's right.&nbsp; The BD&amp;D sets were close to perfect in accomplishing their goal - not only introducing people to the game, but getting them enthused and interested in continuing to play it.&nbsp; TSR stopped supporting BD&amp;D in 1993, with its last supported Basic set in 1991.&nbsp; It put out a new version of the set in 1994 and a 1999 box set that was really an introduction to 2e rather than another Basic set, but neither of these were promoted or supported.&nbsp; I don't think it's any coincidence that the abandonement of the Basic rules by TSR in the 90's roughly correlates with a and b in point 4.&nbsp; In other words, my theory is that the failure to provide and support a new Basic game is directly responsible for the aging game population.&nbsp; No intro game leads to no new blood.I hope I'm wrong about my initial premise, that the D&amp;D gaming population is getting older, and is dying out to some degree.&nbsp; I hope my concerns are moot because either or both the D&amp;D Basic game by WotC and C&amp;C by Troll Lords fills the roll of the old Basic sets.&nbsp; However, I don't think I'm being a Chicken Little here either.R.A.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rogueattorney, post: 1631314, member: 17551"] Following Treant and RFisher's posts: 1. I wonder how/if the poll would be different on the WotC boards. I think that board tends to have a younger crowd. I would guess there'd be a much higher percentage of people introduced to the game by 2e or 3e. 2. Trent's right. Almost 3/4 of the people on this board first got into the game with a product that wasn't generally available after 1990 or so (OD&D, 1e or BD&D). Which means - (a) not as many people were getting into the game over the last 10-15 years; or (b) the people who got into the game over the last 10-15 years, didn't stay in the game; or (c) the people who got into the game over the last 10-15 years don't post here; or (d) a combination of the above. I think d is probably the case, but the general agreement that the gaming population is getting older would indicate that a and b are significant factors. 3. Fisher's right. The BD&D sets were close to perfect in accomplishing their goal - not only introducing people to the game, but getting them enthused and interested in continuing to play it. TSR stopped supporting BD&D in 1993, with its last supported Basic set in 1991. It put out a new version of the set in 1994 and a 1999 box set that was really an introduction to 2e rather than another Basic set, but neither of these were promoted or supported. I don't think it's any coincidence that the abandonement of the Basic rules by TSR in the 90's roughly correlates with a and b in point 4. In other words, my theory is that the failure to provide and support a new Basic game is directly responsible for the aging game population. No intro game leads to no new blood. I hope I'm wrong about my initial premise, that the D&D gaming population is getting older, and is dying out to some degree. I hope my concerns are moot because either or both the D&D Basic game by WotC and C&C by Troll Lords fills the roll of the old Basic sets. However, I don't think I'm being a Chicken Little here either. R.A. [/QUOTE]

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