Clint_L
Legend
I think OP was really asking whether D&D needs to modernize, since if we are talking TTRPGs in general there are approximately a bazillion different styles of play. Some might consider PBtA games more of a modernized D&D...but D&D itself has pretty steadily evolved so it's not really clear what the goalposts are.
And then there's the whole OSR movement which wants to take TTRPGs back to their origins.
I think TTRPGs have generally done a good job of keeping up with the times. For those who like that. I'm not sure that the analogies with board games work; monopoly is a lot older than D&D and it's a real stretch to find parallels. And TTRPGs are inherently cooperative.
And then there's the whole OSR movement which wants to take TTRPGs back to their origins.
I think TTRPGs have generally done a good job of keeping up with the times. For those who like that. I'm not sure that the analogies with board games work; monopoly is a lot older than D&D and it's a real stretch to find parallels. And TTRPGs are inherently cooperative.