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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Icon_Charlie" data-source="post: 6541569" data-attributes="member: 6790257">I'm probably closer to your Grand Father's age. So yea They indeed made a similar quote. But then again Things to me did not sped up until 1976 when we had a massive recession + economy  similar to what is going on today.  I can look back on the 60's,  70's,  80's, (and so on) and see the changes to our USA lifestyle. Thing really sped up when society got plugged into the internet, then again cell phones, then smart phones and so on.  Add the cost of living of today and compare it to past and now and you will find that people in this time period need to put in more hours to live their lifestyle.  This means less leisure time.  To be honest generally speaking when people now want to rp, they want a casual game, not a crunchy one.Back then we had crunchy games.  Like Chart Master! (Role Master) Chivalry & Sorcery, The Fantasy Trip (one of my favorites) Traveller, (very crunchy) and so on. But you have to remember that IMHO the beginnings of the game mechanics of RPG games derived from Miniature Board Games of that era, when I played Napoleonic Miniatures on a actual 4x8 sand table!! We contoured our hills dug out our roads and lightly sprayed it with water to pack it firm.  Very cerebral, in rules and in tactics.Then over the years  RPG games evolved to what you have now.  Nothing wrong with that as well. 5ED game mechanics are very easy to learn and if it brings more new blood into the realm of RPG games then I'm all for it.Added. I wanted to post this URL here.  In a nut shell it is about productivity vs pay for that productivity.This is important as money can  = freedom = leisure time = to do as you damn well want to do.   This supports  my comment.  People working in this era do not have the buying power as in the past. and this means you have to work more  to keep what you have.  You guys are essentially overworked  with less time on your hands.   Generally speaking, the last thing that most people wants to do on what is left of their leisure time is something that reminds them of work. 5th ED is casual gaming like board games.  Casual gaming, not cerebral  crunchy gaming.  And I am a proponent of anything that brings in more people into the realm of RPG's, since I believe it builds imagination and character.The article is from the Atlantic web site.The name of the article in question is -  Why the Gap Between Worker Pay and Productivity Is So ProblematicThe URL is - <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/02/why-the-gap-between-worker-pay-and-productivity-is-so-problematic/385931/" target="_blank">http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/02/why-the-gap-between-worker-pay-and-productivity-is-so-problematic/385931/</a>This is just informative reading. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/glasses.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="B-)" title="Glasses    B-)" data-shortname="B-)" /></blockquote>

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