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The Aging Demographic of Tabletop RPG Enthusiasts

Started by jeff37923, June 29, 2017, 08:09:32 AM

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S'mon

#15
June 29, 2017, 08:26:21 PM
5e D&D seems to be bringing in plenty of new players.

As for my stuff, hopefully it'll go to my son and hopefully he'll pass it on to his many many grandchildren.

jeff37923

#16
June 29, 2017, 09:12:15 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat;972203You might want to write up a blurb about the original owner with a pic and paste it inside each book cover. Then there's some personalization to the legacy.

When I've bought used books with the prior owner's name inside, I have often wondered about them.

His wife and daughter are working together on the wording of the Thank You note. I'm not announcing or shipping anything out until I get that note

Quote from: Spinachcat;972203The wandering monster who ate you will bring your stuff back to its lair. Then brave adventurers will arrive, kill the monster and take your stuff.

I would absolutely die if I was eaten by a wandering monster. Oh, the indignity of it!
"Meh."

Voros

#17
June 29, 2017, 09:34:38 PM
Quote from: Cave Bear;972148I teach at a college. If there's a lack of a market, I don't think its for lack of demand.

I think you would want to market it as a social activity. A friendly substitute for sitting alone in front of a computer screen for hours on end.
The MMO honeymoon is over, and people are waking up to the realities of electronic addiction. One might market TTRPG's as a healthy alternative.
I wouldn't try to localize games too much; people actually seem to dig Western stuff here. It's exotic.
I wouldn't pander to Western notions of feminism, as that seems to be a bit off-putting to feminists here (different cultural contexts, different priorities) but I think TTRPG's might have more appeal to women here (purely anecdotal observation, though.)

On one of The Gauntlet podcasts they recently interviewed a guy who translate Japanese RPGs and he said that CoC has blown up among young people in Japan right now. The reason why is kinda complicated but apparently there is some kind of mutant live play/light novel series that was based on CoC that helped bring it to people's attention.

Cave Bear

#18
June 30, 2017, 04:28:42 AM Last Edit: June 30, 2017, 04:39:58 AM by Cave Bear
Quote from: Spinachcat;972203I know the Chinese boardgame and cardgame market is extremely rocking.

BTW, do you know if the Chinese kids are buying RPGs from the web or through book stores? Are they playing with books in English or Chinese?


From the web, definitely. Kids here buy everything off of Taobao.
If Taobao is a good indication, they prefer to play with books in Chinese. Unfortunately, there isn't a huge variety there.
I've seen more translated Japanese TRPG's than Western ones.

As for card games, this one is insanely popular. I've seen it in Walmart, in most stationary stores, and even at some news stands:
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Quote from: Voros;972217On one of The Gauntlet podcasts they recently interviewed a guy who translate Japanese RPGs and he said that CoC has blown up among young people in Japan right now. The reason why is kinda complicated but apparently there is some kind of mutant live play/light novel series that was based on CoC that helped bring it to people's attention.

Can you send me a link to that podcast?

It does not surprise me at all. Most of my students here are huge weeaboos. More than one guy showed up to their oral English exam wearing a Touhou hoodie.
A lot of my students here are also huge westaboos.

Voros

#19
June 30, 2017, 05:03:06 AM
Quote from: Cave Bear;972270Can you send me a link to that podcast?

Here it is with Andy Kitkowski. Lots of cool stories about RPGs in Japan.

bryce0lynch

#20
June 30, 2017, 07:57:20 AM
I'm gonna go a different way ...

Quote from: jeff37923;972105This has made me think. What will become of my favorite hobby collection when I die? So I ask, what will become of your own game collection when you die? What do you want to happen to the books and PDFs? Have you even thought about this at all? Or is this too early to think about and too morbid to consider?

It's gonna all get dumped at Goodwill, if you're lucky, just like everything else you own, if you're lucky and it doesn't go in a dumpster. Material objects don't mean the same thing to your family that they do to you.

Your legacy is not what you own. Instead of forming lasting relationships you are drinking alone.
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DavetheLost

#21
June 30, 2017, 08:38:19 AM
I run games at my local public library. Typically I have 8-10 kids ranging in age from 9-17. They are rabidly enthusiastic about it.
Both of my daughters have gamed with me, although the older one is now too busy with other things.

I know several families that do regular family D&D nights.

jeff37923

#22
June 30, 2017, 10:27:48 AM
Quote from: bryce0lynch;972285Your legacy is not what you own. Instead of forming lasting relationships you are drinking alone.
http://existentialcomics.com/comic/187

Was there a salient point in there, somewhere?
"Meh."

Tetsubo

#23
June 30, 2017, 04:02:49 PM
My wife knows how I value my collection. She will get help from friends or my YouTube subscribers or if all else fails post an ad on Craig's List looking for gamers that want it. Not that I'll be here to worry about it.

Mordred Pendragon

#24
June 30, 2017, 05:22:03 PM
If it makes you feel better, I've been playing RPG's since I was 12 and I just recently turned 24.
Sic Semper Tyrannis

S'mon

#25
June 30, 2017, 06:19:20 PM
Quote from: Doc Sammy;972381If it makes you feel better, I've been playing RPG's since I was 12 and I just recently turned 24.

So, young, yet already so wise. :D

Apparition

#26
July 01, 2017, 10:22:58 PM
Quote from: bryce0lynch;972285I'm gonna go a different way ...



It's gonna all get dumped at Goodwill, if you're lucky, just like everything else you own, if you're lucky and it doesn't go in a dumpster. Material objects don't mean the same thing to your family that they do to you.

This is pretty much what I expect to happen to my collection of both RPGs and comic books once I pass.  I have no children and will never have children.  I have two nephews, but they're both forbidden from gaming - both tabletop and video.  Don't ask me, I don't get it either.

Headless

#27
July 02, 2017, 04:37:08 AM
PDFs will vanish into the ether.  The books will last though.  Leave a clause in your will that they have to be sold as a job lot to a player or DM, not a store or collector.  Leave notes through all the books and DM one last session from beyond the grave.

Tetsubo

#28
July 02, 2017, 06:25:41 AM
Quote from: Celestial;972584This is pretty much what I expect to happen to my collection of both RPGs and comic books once I pass.  I have no children and will never have children.  I have two nephews, but they're both forbidden from gaming - both tabletop and video.  Don't ask me, I don't get it either.

If you go first, maybe I'll buy them. :)

Yea the whole 'forbidden from gaming' is a *whole* other thread...

Dumarest

#29
July 03, 2017, 12:05:01 AM
Quote from: jeff37923;972308Was there a salient point in there, somewhere?

Nope.
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