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I guess what is the point of defining what "railroading" is? Is it about setting a standard for when players setting boundaries is...

So when people select an RPG to play they are not making an informed choice, but are tricked by social pressure and marketing? Is...

But suspending the D&D part of the forums would stop you talking about D&D. Publishing a new edition doesn't do anything to stop you...

But what all these forum and restaurant analogies miss, is that with RPGs your old books don't vanish and you can just keep playing...

No it is not. A lot of people seem to like the current edition of D&D, but not because it is current, but because it suits their tastes...

I say the same thing than to the posters who complain about the difficulty of winding people who want to play 4e: they are harder to...

I've never once gone out looking for players of a specific RPG. I've only ever played in an existing group, and chosen a game.

I don't like how glorified athletes can get. The term "hero" gets thrown around way too much IMO for people who are good at sports.

You could always tell them that D&D contains it's own massive host of expectations based on the setting that restrict their choices...

No, not really. These days it might matter for online tools, but old editions didn’t have those in the first place.

Haven't you chosen to play with those different rules by engaging with the new edition? It's not like it's an online game where the...

Yeah, I was also quite upset when the WotC’s agents broke into my house and burned all my 3e books. Talk about aggressive marketing!

My youngest would 100% try to adopt one of these.

Also, define "proceed". Proceed... to what, exactly? If you have a particular goal towards which you want to proceed, there's going to...

Well, my GM was my best friend, and a great GM with a lot of experience in all editions of D&D to that point, and the story was great...