It could be a small surge but something where you noticed a sudden influx of people. Maybe a game you were playing that got quite popular after it was streamed or there was free weekend on Steam.

For example during the quarantine and around the time when the used console market got prohibitively expensive handheld emulators like the RG350 and much later the Miyoo Mini got quite popular. This was partially due to more people at home wanting to play their favorite classics but also them being promoted as "fake" GameBoys and PSPs on TikTok.

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Stranger Things.

I played TTRPGs a lot growing up, but moved on when I went to university. One pandemic and a lot of nostalgic synthwave later, I'm rolling dice again.

[–] jrbaconcheese@yall.theatl.social 4 points 10 months ago

Same! I went from 0 to 60, I play in 4 regular games and have a 5th character that is for Organized Play that I run about every other month or so.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Stranger Things and Critical Role both had a big part in blowing up TTRPGs

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Definitely. I think culturally we were ready for a resurgence and then a couple of catalysts kicked it off. Critical Role was undoubtedly one of them.