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I'd even buy the notion that more DMs would be better at low/no prep than they realize. But we could still say that D&D is bad at communicating that and/or providing guidance on low/no prep. I mean, a chapter in the DMG on "how to run the game on the fly" would be great. I haven't dug into the...

Well, if we're taking the broad picture, prep has always been an obstacle - especially in the WotC era, which is now half of D&D history. Experienced DMs might be able to wing it, but even among the experienced it can be hard to pull off well. And for the less experienced, it is rather daunting...

Quick-and-easy prep. /thread

Well I never said Neverwinter wasn't a "real city," just that it isn't a "metropolis" - at least not on the scale of the others. Yes, I like that. I remember enjoying the city maps in the old FR hardcover (forget the name), but they didn't go into them in any depth. But it would be interesting...

OK, fair enough. But...no need to take it too seriously or deconstruct it too much. It is a very casual poll, not a dissertation.

Wow, some people take online polls about elfy games a bit too seriously. My apologies for not framing it exactly to your liking. I didn't know the stakes were so high.

I mainly was curious about whether people prefer Greyhawk or Waterdeep, but threw in a couple others. I think Sigil is a whole (let alone City of Brass) would be better in a different category, as "non-terrestrial." Also, Neverwinter isn't a "metropolis" - or at least not nearly on the same scale.

Just a bit of fun. I know there are many others, but let's go with the Big Two plus add in Pathfinder's iconic city as a darkhorse and Sharn for something a bit different. Criteria...entirely up to you. I think favorite suffices, for whatever reason, be it just reading about and exploring in...

Broken Weave. Very well done "thematic" variant of 5E. Shadowdark. Well, you know.

Whatever happened to that Snoop Dogg as DM thing?

Haven't not read the first 1069 pages, I don't understand this thread.

Can we name-drop Xagyg?

The thing I loved about Craig's Bond is that he veered from the archetype, making Bond his own, but was still very much Bond. To some extent, every Bond actor did this - but none so divergently as Craig. The converse is why Brosnan is my least favorite (Well, aside from Lazenby): He was too...

3. You me and some other guy with a lot of handles.

I sort of see it like loss leaders. The primary purpose of a setting book is less about the actual sales itself, and more about strengthening/deepening the overall product (D&D). I think part of Pathfinder's success was the ongoing development of Golarion. Now obviously their timing with the 4E...

That would taking things a bit too seriously, imo. I mean, we're talking about elfy games.

Do you know if there are sales reports on the new core rulebooks? I'd be curious to know how they're selling. I imagine it is a lot more than in 2014, but that wouldn't quite be a fair comparison as D&D was a lot less popular when 5E came out. I think what is confusing is that we know there was...

And yet...the OP talks about 15-25 vs. 25 and older. In the chart you cite, 63% of players are 25+, which makes me think that I was correct in assuming that 25+ year olds buy the bulk of products. Now obviously calling anyone over 25 a grognard is a bit silly, but the OP defines grognard by...

I think that's mostly true, at least in principle. I suppose the one caveat would be that I feel like there's been more grumblings from older fans over the last five years or so, in the post-Tasha's world. I don't know if it is because Dragonlance, Spelljammer, and Planescape were all considered...

Um, did you not read the first paragraph of the OP where I wrote: I would think the target audience is the big part of the bell-curve of current D&D players, which is probably something like age 15-25 right now.