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<blockquote data-quote="Clavis" data-source="post: 4904914" data-attributes="member: 31898">From my experience, the player demographics of D&amp;D seem to have changed from its heyday of the early 80s. Back then, it seemed to me that there were many more players, but the majority of them were only&nbsp; &quot;casual&quot;. Most of them either owned no rulebooks, or only a players handbook or a single box set. They usually didn't really try to learn the rules, they just asked the DM if what they did succeeded. They didn't really discuss D&amp;D or their characters much outside of play. They didn't go to conventions, or subscribe to Dragon. They were often not particularly interested in other areas of fandom such as sci-fi, computers, comics, etc.&nbsp;On the other hand, I now see fewer players overall, but they are much more &quot;hardcore.&quot; They own all the rulebooks, and know all the rules. They spend a lot of time &quot;building&quot; their characters. They talk about D&amp;D socially. They tend to be also interested in such things as anime, sci-fi, and computers, and want those interests reflected in their game.&nbsp;&nbsp;So, do you think that the &quot;casual&quot; players might ever come back? Do you think that &quot;casual&quot; players are a drag on games, and things are better without them? Or do you think I'm wrong, and D&amp;D never lost it's &quot;casual&quot; players?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clavis, post: 4904914, member: 31898"] From my experience, the player demographics of D&D seem to have changed from its heyday of the early 80s. Back then, it seemed to me that there were many more players, but the majority of them were only "casual". Most of them either owned no rulebooks, or only a players handbook or a single box set. They usually didn't really try to learn the rules, they just asked the DM if what they did succeeded. They didn't really discuss D&D or their characters much outside of play. They didn't go to conventions, or subscribe to Dragon. They were often not particularly interested in other areas of fandom such as sci-fi, computers, comics, etc. On the other hand, I now see fewer players overall, but they are much more "hardcore." They own all the rulebooks, and know all the rules. They spend a lot of time "building" their characters. They talk about D&D socially. They tend to be also interested in such things as anime, sci-fi, and computers, and want those interests reflected in their game. So, do you think that the "casual" players might ever come back? Do you think that "casual" players are a drag on games, and things are better without them? Or do you think I'm wrong, and D&D never lost it's "casual" players? [/QUOTE]

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