[Rq-rules] Been gaming a while!

[Andrew Larsen]

My experience has been quite different.  In Madison, where I lived for a
long time, there is a large contingent of table-top gamers who also do
live-action role playing (LARPing).  Not all LARPers table-top, but most of
the table-toppers I know have done some LARPing.
    For the record, I started with Empire of the Petal Throne and then D&D
in 1975 when I was 8 *(my brothers were in their teens, and they found EPT
before D&D).  I've been gaming ever since.

Andrew E. Larsen


On 3/3/08 6:59 PM, "Gary Sturgess" <gazza666 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd have to concur that the number of younger tabletop gamers doesn't
> seem to be growing. (Oh, I suppose: started in 1982 with Black Book
> Traveller, and have mostly played Champions and D&D since; I'm now
> 35). I've seen even us older types go through RPG withdrawal for Magic
> or WoW - granted, we did come back, but that's because we had the
> prior experience of RPGs to know what we were missing. I've no doubt
> that to someone who's never played anything but WoW they would have
> trouble understanding why RQ round a table with pens and paper is so
> much "better" (subjectively speaking).
> 
> Best hope is probably to raise your own kids and pass it along that way.