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Dune has sold 20 million copies for just the first novel, and is literally the best selling science fiction book of all time. Wheel of...

Those all sell incredibly well this year. They aren't obscure and in two cases are genre defining multiple award winners.

Those are considered genre classics (at least the 2nd two) on a par with LotR. WoT isn’t quite at the same level, but it’s close...

Mayhe not the best movie qua movie set in the Star Trek universe, but itnis certainly the theatrical movie that felt most like a good...

Definitely would agree with that: but this is not terribly mechanical as such.

The "If it exists in D&D it exists in the setting" is the minimum needed to get it out the door at Wizards given the lessons learned...

I actually think 5e has its own setting. Kind of. It’s just an extremely broad meta-setting, in which all the various D&D (and some MTG)...

I'd say the well received practical application of Eberron in multiple mechanical expressions demonstrates that saying Eberron was...

I'd say that proves his point by supplying a secret fourth possibility not dictated by the mechanics.

I can think of innumerable examples, actually, from Chaosium taking Runequest rules and making them work for superheros and Call of...

I do not think that is why it is beloved and if it were just that the setting would not have survived the change in edition. I think it...

I mean...Radiant Citadel is a new setting that expresses the 5e ethos...though it's a little thin. Hopefully they explore it more

In theory, but Eberron was designed the other way around, and it’s one of the most beloved D&D settings ever.

Under the 5e WotC paradigm mechanics don't tell you about the setting. The setting doesn't tell you about mechanics. Mechanics are for...

Other than this no. I am not convinced that setting matters all that much, at least to people not reading this. And it really does not...