Read part 1 of my report about GaryCon in March 2015 at https://wmusswtwbf.wordpress.com/tag/garycon-2015/
EDIT: Corrected link
Were there any younger people there? In particular, younger people who weren't the kids of older attendees?
Great question! There were a number of women both gaming and not, and a number of under-18 gamers. I had two young men of 12 in my OD&D game and they enjoyed it. They were there with the father of one of them, but he was there as an adult presence, not a gamer.
And the next day I sat down with one of the young men and spent about an hour answering his questions on how I thought one should referee.
I don't have exact numbers of young attendees, but there was a considerable non-grey-haired presence, and a noticeable nonzero number of under-18 gamers.
Sometime in the next couple days I'll ask if there's any demographic data over at the GaryCon web site.
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;845088Great question! There were a number of women both gaming and not, and a number of under-18 gamers. I had two young men of 12 in my OD&D game and they enjoyed it. They were there with the father of one of them, but he was there as an adult presence, not a gamer.
And the next day I sat down with one of the young men and spent about an hour answering his questions on how I thought one should referee.
I don't have exact numbers of young attendees, but there was a considerable non-grey-haired presence, and a noticeable nonzero number of under-18 gamers.
Sometime in the next couple days I'll ask if there's any demographic data over at the GaryCon web site.
That's good to know, thanks!