From:	Steven A. Tinner bluewizard@*****.com
Subject:	Wait and see. (Was SR Narrowing of focus)
Date:	Tue, 17 Aug 1999 17:21:18 -0400

>> Given a choice though, I think the general target audience for SR would
>> choose a Target book over a Neo-A book nine time out of ten, and the
sales
>> prove me out so far.
>>
>Well, NAGRL did come out in 1992. And NAGNA in 1990. Shadowrun's audience
>has grown a tad since then.

You're right, the core group has gotten larger.
However I meant to refer to the demographics of said group.
SR's target audience is white males, aged 16-25 or so.
Yes, I know there's plenty of other types of players out there, but this is
the GENERAL demographic.
IMO that demographic doesn't give a flying wodewose about the misnamed
Neo-Anarchists, daily life in the 2060's etc.
In GENERAL, these players want to participate in a game about runners, and
making runs.
If they do downtime/real life stuff at all, most of them will either
bluebook it, handle it "off panel", or make up their own background anyway.

Steven A. Tinner
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