Quote from: GameDaddy;986141Yep, hadn't noticed here. In my gaming group there are two elders, myself and one other, three other of our D&D group are in their 20's and the youngest is a teenager in high school.

Did notice a lot of Greybeards at GaryCon, but then again going to GaryCon is like visiting High Hrothgar.

I was shocked by how many more families are going to GaryCon. I'm brining mine next year.

Nexus and GameHole Con, both, have a ton of kids and families showing up because they provide quality content for them to participate in. I actually feel really good about the hobby. D&D 5E seems much healthier than 4E ever was which means good things for the entire hobby.

Munchkin is also super popular within and outside the hobby and that, I feel, is a good gateway product for real RPGs.

Quote from: GameDaddy;986141Yep, hadn't noticed here. In my gaming group there are two elders, myself and one other, three other of our D&D group are in their 20's and the youngest is a teenager in high school.

Did notice a lot of Greybeards at GaryCon, but then again going to GaryCon is like visiting High Hrothgar.

The thing that astounded me about GaryCon is how many people under 30 there are.  I EXPECT old farts at GaryCon, that's what it's FOR.

My current group has 4-twenty somethings and my 50+ ass GMing. One of the youngest has GM'ed, and talks a good game. I'm hoping he'll take the chair from time to time. Good times...

Quote from: jeff37923;972105One of my Traveller colleagues passed away a couple of months ago and I have been in contact with his daughter who is wondering what to do with his collection of gaming material. She has no interest in it and his surviving wife does not want the books around either. So, I have offered to take all of the books and give them away, one to each Traveller enthusiast who wants one with a hand written Thank You card inside. This way, his memory will be honored and a bit of him will go on as a legacy.

I'm always interested in more copies of TRAVELLER books - especially the original 4 to 7 little black books. Heck, I'd love a copy of the 'Robots' they did back then.

- Ed C.

Quote from: Koltar;986282I'm always interested in more copies of TRAVELLER books - especially the original 4 to 7 little black books. Heck, I'd love a copy of the 'Robots' they did back then.

- Ed C.

Seriously? Let me look and see what I've got.

Tabletop RPGs are big here where I live.
I run RPGs for my kids (mostly 5e).

I run RPGs at an RPG club with other GMs for upwards of 30 people turning up at the club meets and it's growing fast.
Mostly it's teens, but many adults of a wide age range too.

Tabletop RPGs (and boardgames) are doing just fine.

For what it is worth, 5e D&D seems to be attracting massive numbers of younger new players. I cannot believe how many parties I've been to in just the past two years where I will hear a parent mention how their kid is playing D&D at their kitchen table, and how they hadn't seen that stuff since the 80s.  Also, any event I go to where there are a lot of sci-fi or fantasy or comics fans, and I see a lot of D&D related t-shirts and hear some D&D discussions. A lot of it seems to be coming from youtube shows.

Just my two cents: I'm a member of several different rpg groups on Facebook, but the D&D 5th edition group is definitely the most active. It has over 100,000 members (for whatever that's worth) and from what I've seen, the vast majority of people posting are aged 30ish and under. And of those, a sizeable percentage are women. Also, my local game shops (there are 8 dedicated game shops in Omaha, NE) are always hosting games (mostly D&D 5e) and although the age demographic varies wildly, the majority are again 30ish and under, with a decent sampling of women.

Quote from: Mistwell;986411For what it is worth, 5e D&D seems to be attracting massive numbers of younger new players. I cannot believe how many parties I've been to in just the past two years where I will hear a parent mention how their kid is playing D&D at their kitchen table, and how they hadn't seen that stuff since the 80s.  Also, any event I go to where there are a lot of sci-fi or fantasy or comics fans, and I see a lot of D&D related t-shirts and hear some D&D discussions. A lot of it seems to be coming from youtube shows.

There should be some use for youtube shows, too:D!
And let's hope that the trend remains!

Quote from: WanderingMonster;986413Just my two cents: I'm a member of several different rpg groups on Facebook, but the D&D 5th edition group is definitely the most active. It has over 100,000 members (for whatever that's worth) and from what I've seen, the vast majority of people posting are aged 30ish and under. And of those, a sizeable percentage are women. Also, my local game shops (there are 8 dedicated game shops in Omaha, NE) are always hosting games (mostly D&D 5e) and although the age demographic varies wildly, the majority are again 30ish and under, with a decent sampling of women.

The current edition of D&D being the most active isn't much of a surprise. Neither is the presence of women, I'd say. Women and men alike do everything that seems fun, especially if their friends are doing it!
But it's good you confirm the trend that danskmacabre also identified, though:).
Overall, I think the concern of the OP is mostly due to young people not playing with the older gamers. And well, we all judge by what we see, can't blame him for that.

(Amusingly, I suspect a similar reason also explains many of the "women don't really play RPGs" opinions that I've encountered. I fully believe that women don't play RPGs with certain people, but I wouldn't make general conclusions from that. In my current group, women are the majowith certain people,rity, should I conclude that men don't play RPGs;)?
I want it to be clear: I'm not saying the OP holds similar opinions about women! He's just basing his worry on a similar fallacy, and the post of Wandering Monster reminded me about it).


Personally, I'm 36 and most of my group are 20-somethings. We recently found a couple new players that are likely to join us, too, in a more or less random event.
Even younger people also show interest. If I can bring myself to run something suitable for that age group, I could probably get a lot of players. I'll think about BASH, BoL, Feng Shui 2, OVA2e or Traveller when my kids grow a bit more:p.

The bottomline is that, as it stands, I'm really not worried about the future of tabletop games. At least I'm not any more worried than I'd be worried about chess and backgammon. And I'm really not worried about those, either;).