Wow, Yahoo! mentions D&D on their news page.

[Oryan77]

The good, Yahoo! talks about D&D without making it seem lame or weird:

Dungeons and Dragons plans a comeback | Games Blog - Yahoo! Games

The bad, Yahoo! tells people to check out images of the D&D movie.

 

[Aberzanzorax]

And if the publishers are wondering which customers to listen to, they might want to pay special attention to boys aged 13-17. This group accounts for nearly 18% of the overall lookups on Yahoo!.

Which makes me think that 82% of us are either 12 and younger (unlikely a large yahoo searching group for D&D) or 18 and older. (Or, I guess, females aged 13-17, which I don't expect to be a large group).

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Which makes me think that 82% of us are either 12 and younger (unlikely a large yahoo searching group for D&D) or 18 and older. (Or, I guess, females aged 13-17, which I don't expect to be a large group).

I have four of the women aged 13-17 in my Pathfinder teens game.... Better than half the players in the game. (And let me tell you, Molly is a combat monkey. )

 

[Aberzanzorax]

Most of the women I've played D&D with have been fantastic. I was just remembering the history of WotC trying to bring in more women (because the game was being disproportionately played by males).

 

[jbear]

Which makes me think that 82% of us are either 12 and younger (unlikely a large yahoo searching group for D&D) or 18 and older. (Or, I guess, females aged 13-17, which I don't expect to be a large group).

But it makes me think:

And who said D&D was going to die??

It's good news, no matter which way you look at it. There is a new generation of kids interested in learning D&D. Fantastic! I know my son will help swell the ranks!

 

[NewJeffCT]

What's that old song by LL Cool J - "Don't call it a comeback - I been here for years."

but, it's good that it's getting a mention on yahoo - it means that it's at least popular enough to make it that far. Send the link on to your friends to increase it's popularity as well.

 

[Random Axe]

The good, Yahoo! talks about D&D without making it seem lame or weird:

Dungeons and Dragons plans a comeback | Games Blog - Yahoo! Games

The bad, Yahoo! tells people to check out images of the D&D movie.

And the stupid, the second paragraph calls it a "Board game". Really? The Board game version has more name recognition than the name itself?

 

[Oryan77]

And the stupid, the second paragraph calls it a "Board game". Really? The Board game version has more name recognition than the name itself?

I noticed that too. I figured he was referring to D&D as a board game, which makes sense from a casual player point of view. It's a good enough description to give when talking about it with non gamers.