Author: GAZZA (---.com.au)
Date: 10-15-2001 01:17
"Ask any gamer to name five games and most likely you will hear Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer, and Vampire."
Maybe this is a West Oz thing, but M:tG has more or less burned itself out here, Pokemon never really took off in the first place, and even Warhammer would be unlikely to make the top 5. I'm wondering why you left off things like Monopoly, since you clearly aren't confining yourself to RPGs.
If you WERE confined to RPGs, then the top 5 over here would most likely include Dungeons and Dragons, Vampire, Shadowrun. I doubt most gamers would agree on the fourth and fifth entries. And, of course, to a non-gamer, Dungeons and Dragons is synonymous with roleplaying. ("What's that your playing?" "RuneQuest." "What's that?" "Well, you've heard of Dungeons and Dragons?...")
Just an observation - I don't think that Pokemon and Warhammer have the penetration being described. (I'll grant you that most gamers have at least heard of MtG, even if it's not particularly popular over here anymore).
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GAZZA
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