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<blockquote data-quote="Gentlegamer" data-source="post: 3821220" data-attributes="member: 2425">I heartily agree. Others in this community have stated that RPGs are presently more popular than ever, but that's because they include:Video games are very popular, and RPG style video games seem to do quite well, but they aren't actually RPGs and so far no one in the industry has been able to get video game RPG (or MMO) players to crossover to real RPGs in significant numbers.It's similar to how it would seem comic book super heroes are highly popular with the films, toys, and other licensed products, yet, comic book readership continues to plummit. I think the real answer is that it isn't possible to go mass market with D&amp;D. It is a niche game, and always will be. Its one hope for &quot;expansion&quot; is the fact that many D&amp;Ders are now parenting age, so they can introduce it to their children and children's friends (sort of like how Gary first got the game rolling in Lake Geneva). Perhaps we ourselves can spawn new generations of gamers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gentlegamer, post: 3821220, member: 2425"] I heartily agree. Others in this community have stated that RPGs are presently more popular than ever, but that's because they include: Video games are very popular, and RPG style video games seem to do quite well, but they aren't actually RPGs and so far no one in the industry has been able to get video game RPG (or MMO) players to crossover to real RPGs in significant numbers. It's similar to how it would seem comic book super heroes are highly popular with the films, toys, and other licensed products, yet, comic book readership continues to plummit. I think the real answer is that it isn't possible to go mass market with D&D. It is a niche game, and always will be. Its one hope for "expansion" is the fact that many D&Ders are now parenting age, so they can introduce it to their children and children's friends (sort of like how Gary first got the game rolling in Lake Geneva). Perhaps we ourselves can spawn new generations of gamers. [/QUOTE]

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