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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1632360" data-attributes="member: 158">I just don't see it - I've never had the experience. Most gamers are made through exposure to fellow gamers, whatever the venue. The first place I learned about gaming was in a toy store (hence the HUGE need for a good cheap boxed set to bring new players in - it's what hooked me and couple other thousand people on these forums). The first gaming group I was invited to was through friends, not through watching it in a store. In order for an FLGS to work, it has to be Friendly, and that implies inviting someone to game, which no store I've seen has done. The important thing is to get the exposure to the hobby - after someone wants to play, they usually seek out other players, and more and more of these do so online. I don't know how many threads I've seen just on ENWorld over the past 4 years from people who are new to the hobby and want to learn how to play. I believe that, as time goes on, this number will just keep increasing.I'll agree about exposure through school, though - most gamers I met in my early years pre-internet were from my High School and through College. The best thing Habro could POSSIBLY do, is get the PHB into college bookstores. <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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