D&D, noticeable 'trend'....

Peregrin · June 20, 2010, 11:39:10 PM

Quote from: Seanchai;388435I would imagine they're less concerned about blobs than they are about weird people. The type of gamer who comes in and starts their own private edition war, who feels the need to comment on strangers' games and gaming habits, who stand at the counter and recount - in detail - their latest gaming exploits or Magic decks, who paw all over the merchandise without buying it, etc..

Seanchai

By blobs, I wasn't trying to infer that they're fat -- though some are. I'm talking about the type of gamer who just sits there during a game and doesn't actually participate, at all. Not the creepy "let me tell you about my char", but the creepy "I'm going to sit here and stare at people and not actually say anything but sometimes roll a die" type of people who look absolutely miserable to be there, but come anyway.

That's kinda what I meant by blob.

Nightfall · June 20, 2010, 11:54:31 PM

Quote from: Koltar;388514...also some are UNDER 30 and are kids, and others are in their early 20s and look damn good.
(Did I ever mention that in the Cincinnati/Dayton area single women out number single men ? Probably why there are so many women and girl gamers in the southwestern Ohio area)

- Ed C.

Mind shipping a few to Morgantown? I'd like some in my groups.

Koltar · June 21, 2010, 12:18:41 AM

Quote from: Nightfall;388520Mind shipping a few to Morgantown? I'd like some in my groups.

The factual and actual reason for that is probably the number of colleges and universities in this area and what they specialize in.
Another result of that is that the young women in this area tend to be well-educated or at least they are fairly avid readers.

- Ed C.

Nightfall · June 21, 2010, 12:21:19 AM

Quote from: Koltar;388522The factual and actual reason for that is probably the number of colleges and universities in this area and what they specialize in.
Another result of that is that the young women in this area tend to be well-educated or at least they are fairly avid readers.

- Ed C.

So you're saying WVU isn't for the well-educated?

noisms · June 21, 2010, 05:52:24 AM

At our club, with about 100+ members, nobody is playing 4e. There are a few D&D games, but they're all 3.5 except for one Basic.

mhensley · June 21, 2010, 06:37:30 AM

Quote from: noisms;388558At our club, with about 100+ members, nobody is playing 4e. There are a few D&D games, but they're all 3.5 except for one Basic.

Similar to our local con here-

http://forums.knoxgamers.org/viewtopic.php?f=558&t=19557

D&D, but no 4e.

Koltar · July 28, 2010, 05:35:38 AM

During Monday's shift at work - got three batches of customers in a row that were looking for 3.5 compatible items or stuff.

Literally one on top of the other as they came into the store. One guy and has girlfriend soewnt three hours browsing REAPER miniatures for just the rigfht ones for his game after first browsing the D&D 3.5 compatible books.

Then a group of 'kids' came in - okay they were in the 18 to 22 year old range. Two guys and a girl - all part of the same D&D group. They were looking for pre-painted individual figs or maybe simple miniatures they could use for their characters...and of course 3.5/OGL compatible books and maps.

- Ed C.

ggroy · July 28, 2010, 11:58:15 AM

How often do people come in looking for 4E stuff?

Koltar · July 28, 2010, 12:24:35 PM

Quote from: ggroy;396438How often do people come in looking for 4E stuff?

I answered that within this thread already. Scroll back or look at other pages.
It goes in cycles or swings back and forth like a pendulum.

Right now there seems to be more of a preference for 3.5 style gaming.
Those kids in their early 20s on Monday? I introduced them to Pathfinder by showing them Pathfinder books on our shelves and that they were mostly compatible with 3.5/OGL gaming.
Oh and those gamers in their 20s? Their first experience with Role playing games was D&D 3.5 and that was pretty much what they wanted to stick with. One of them had tried 4th edition D&Dand wound up disliking it so much that he went back to 3.5-style.

- Ed C.

Abyssal Maw · July 28, 2010, 12:34:33 PM

Quote from: Koltar;396442I answered that within this thread already. Scroll back or look at other pages.
It goes in cycles or swings back and forth like a pendulum.

Right now there seems to be more of a preference for 3.5 style gaming.
Those kids in their early 20s on Monday? I introduced them to Pathfinder by showing them Pathfinder books on our shelves and that they were mostly compatible with 3.5/OGL gaming. Oh and those gamers in their 20s? Their first vexperience with Role playing games was D&D 3.5 and that was pretty much what they wanted to sticvk with. One of them had tried 4th edition and wound up disliking it so much that he went back to 3.5-style.

- Ed C.

I call patent on the term "vexperience"

DKChannelBoredom · July 28, 2010, 03:01:59 PM

Quote from: Abyssal Maw;396444I call patent on the term "vexperience"

It's an awesome word, really, but I'm afraid that Kevin S has already trademarked it

Jame Rowe · July 29, 2010, 02:58:37 PM

At the game store I go to, we've had Encounters; it was fairly popular, and the reason it declined was because the players wound up organizing their own games of 4E (at least as I've been told).

Joey2k · July 29, 2010, 04:09:46 PM

Quote from: Koltar;396442Oh and those gamers in their 20s? Their first experience with Role playing games was D&D 3.5 and that was pretty much what they wanted to stick with.

Ah, so it's a nostalgia thing

Koltar · July 29, 2010, 04:15:36 PM

Quote from: Technomancer;396586Ah, so it's a nostalgia thing

For a version of a game thats less than 10 years old - yeah, I guess so
Plus, they talked like they had only been gaming for less than 2 years.

- Ed C.