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corwyn · 10-06-2013, 02:28 PM

In flgs in Saskatoon, SK, I see a lot of younger players; they mostly play DnD/Pathfinder but some other stuff as well.

I personally run a DnD Encounters game and while there are a few grognards getting back into it after a decade or two of absence, most are young - as young as 10 to 20. A few I've even poached for another game in Savage Worlds = I haven't had the nerve to try them in GURPS yet. I think the two best young players I saw there were two girls, 10 and 15. Raw on skills but very outgoing and enthusiastic - gives me hope.

My regular group is up there now; the last 'young' kid I recruited was about 15 years ago, now, but he was 20-ish when the rest of us were mid-30s.

10-06-2013, 02:28 PM	#3
corwyn MIB Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Saskatoon, SK	Re: Is roleplaying having a hard time recruiting younger people? In flgs in Saskatoon, SK, I see a lot of younger players; they mostly play DnD/Pathfinder but some other stuff as well. I personally run a DnD Encounters game and while there are a few grognards getting back into it after a decade or two of absence, most are young - as young as 10 to 20. A few I've even poached for another game in Savage Worlds = I haven't had the nerve to try them in GURPS yet. I think the two best young players I saw there were two girls, 10 and 15. Raw on skills but very outgoing and enthusiastic - gives me hope. My regular group is up there now; the last 'young' kid I recruited was about 15 years ago, now, but he was 20-ish when the rest of us were mid-30s. __________________ MiB 7704 Playing: GURPS Nordlond Dragons of Hosgarth Running Savage Worlds Tour of Darkness (Vietnam + Mythos) Last edited by corwyn; 10-06-2013 at 02:32 PM.