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<blockquote data-quote="ZeshinX" data-source="post: 7713204" data-attributes="member: 6793656"><p>My own definition of D&D is the table top game. When I say or refer to playing D&D, I mean the table top game (I suspect that's what a lot of people mean when they say "play D&D"). The various other media like video games, novels, comics, etc certainly offer a D&D experience for that medium's strength(s), and that's excellent, but to me, D&D is the table top game (I consider VTT just tabletop played with webcam...yes, I know they go beyond that basic definition lol). The rest are ancillary and derivative of the table top game (like the D&D table top game is derivative of various war game concepts smooshed together).</p><p></p><p>That's how I define it myself, others can define it as they wish of course.</p><p></p><p>I never take what WotC says about the success of its products at face value. This is not to suggest I find them dishonest or shady. Not at all. Merely that they have a vested interest (necessary I would say) to present their product in a positive and successful light (basically to encourage more sales...if they were more specific in the breakdown of their numbers, that risks being perceived as negative towards some of those areas, thus likely impacting sales). I have no data to corroborate this, it simply seems logical. Lumping all forms of D&D games together (tabletop, video games, VTT, card games, board games, etc) does make sense, but I do find some of them more of a stretch than others. For example, a card game based D&D (if one exists) I would not consider playing D&D in much the same way I wouldn't call a game of poker using Magic the Gathering themed cards a game of Magic the Gathering. For most, I suspect it's a matter of degrees how they define what is and is not playing D&D.</p><p></p><p>I'm glad it's successful. I like the 5e table top game (even if I find it a bid threadbare in product I can buy, since I don't touch adventure/storyline stuff). I'd also like to see a proper and good 5e video game, not the mighty pile of goblin dung that was Sword Coast Legends (they were on the right track, going for Baldur's Gate with Neverwinter Nights toolset...but massively botched the execution).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZeshinX, post: 7713204, member: 6793656"] My own definition of D&D is the table top game. When I say or refer to playing D&D, I mean the table top game (I suspect that's what a lot of people mean when they say "play D&D"). The various other media like video games, novels, comics, etc certainly offer a D&D experience for that medium's strength(s), and that's excellent, but to me, D&D is the table top game (I consider VTT just tabletop played with webcam...yes, I know they go beyond that basic definition lol). The rest are ancillary and derivative of the table top game (like the D&D table top game is derivative of various war game concepts smooshed together). That's how I define it myself, others can define it as they wish of course. I never take what WotC says about the success of its products at face value. This is not to suggest I find them dishonest or shady. Not at all. Merely that they have a vested interest (necessary I would say) to present their product in a positive and successful light (basically to encourage more sales...if they were more specific in the breakdown of their numbers, that risks being perceived as negative towards some of those areas, thus likely impacting sales). I have no data to corroborate this, it simply seems logical. Lumping all forms of D&D games together (tabletop, video games, VTT, card games, board games, etc) does make sense, but I do find some of them more of a stretch than others. For example, a card game based D&D (if one exists) I would not consider playing D&D in much the same way I wouldn't call a game of poker using Magic the Gathering themed cards a game of Magic the Gathering. For most, I suspect it's a matter of degrees how they define what is and is not playing D&D. I'm glad it's successful. I like the 5e table top game (even if I find it a bid threadbare in product I can buy, since I don't touch adventure/storyline stuff). I'd also like to see a proper and good 5e video game, not the mighty pile of goblin dung that was Sword Coast Legends (they were on the right track, going for Baldur's Gate with Neverwinter Nights toolset...but massively botched the execution). [/QUOTE]
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