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<blockquote data-quote="Jahydin" data-source="post: 9783689" data-attributes="member: 6984869">I think it is.From what I've seen, we've gone from most groups looking like this:[ATTACH=full]420302[/ATTACH]To this:[ATTACH=full]420301[/ATTACH]I just had to get out of small town to see it. One of the last game stores I went to, The Book Rack on Whidbey Island, had so many girls playing and shopping that I almost walked out (thought it was a &quot;girls night&quot; event and didn't want to intrude). Nope, just a normal day for them.While playing boardgames there with my friend, I couldn't help but listen to the loud D&amp;D games around us and was amazed at how differently they played. Hearing the likes of, &quot;So how does that make your character feel?&quot;, &quot;I think one of the goblin's might be crushing on you...&quot;, and &quot;A surprise party would be awesome! How should we decorate!?&quot; Dice were still being rolled and role-playing was certainly happening, but... just so different from my town of nerdy engineers. The important thing though, they were having fun. And important to WotC (and 3rd party publishers), they carried a lot of books, geek-merch, and miniatures with them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jahydin, post: 9783689, member: 6984869"] I think it is. From what I've seen, we've gone from most groups looking like this: [ATTACH type="full" width="711px" size="307x265"]420302[/ATTACH] To this: [ATTACH type="full" width="726px" size="1760x1174"]420301[/ATTACH] I just had to get out of small town to see it. One of the last game stores I went to, The Book Rack on Whidbey Island, had so many girls playing and shopping that I almost walked out (thought it was a "girls night" event and didn't want to intrude). Nope, just a normal day for them. While playing boardgames there with my friend, I couldn't help but listen to the loud D&D games around us and was amazed at how differently they played. Hearing the likes of, "So how does that make your character feel?", "I think one of the goblin's might be crushing on you...", and "A surprise party would be awesome! How should we decorate!?" Dice were still being rolled and role-playing was certainly happening, but... just so different from my town of nerdy engineers. The important thing though, they were having fun. And important to WotC (and 3rd party publishers), they carried a lot of books, geek-merch, and miniatures with them. [/QUOTE]

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