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Of course, if no one at the table is into rules-heavy, that means there's no reason to pick up D&D5 just to ignore two thirds of the rules.

So if you basically agree and are just weighing the ingredients differently, why do you choose to be offended (or "tired of")? Frankly, I'm tired of people acting as if 5e was the pinnacle of RPG design solely because it caters to a dominant idea of what RPGs should look like. I totally accept...

Though most of this is somehwere between "design" and "brand identity". It was obviously important that D&D5 was a well designed-game, but it also had to be the right kind of design that sends the right message; because D&D4 sent the wrong message. If D&D5 is 10 times more succesful than D&D4...

For the record: I can't find Reynard suggesting anything like this at all. They just claimed that the system design is not the reason for D&D's current success. They may be right or wrong, but either way, it doesn't mean "D&D5 is badly designed", and it certainly doesn't mean "if you think...

From today, the English translation of the German RPG Mythaloria is available on drivethru - for a very low price, if you choose so. I'm not involved with it in any way besides owning it in German and knowing the author from social media. If you're into fantasy with a Bronze Age vibe, lots of...

Looking closer at the system, it seems fine, though TBH honest not terribly interesting; somewhat similar to Barbarians of Lemuria, though maybe not quite as elegant. I would totally play it, and it is actually weird that it feels so "wrong" to use 2d12. Probably because it breaks the 1-20...

So the kickstarter for 4th Edition will probably launch in March? After reading the preview of 3rd edition on drivethru, I'll probably be in on this. Also, I need to give Shadow, Sword & Spell another look ...

Isn't that exactly what two of the other slightly bigger players - Modiphius and Fria Ligan - are doing? They're using familiar IPs to push their respective house systems, support at least some of them well and publish well-designed beginner's boxes. And they are both most definitely not trying...

Somehow I doubt that, were if the TTRPG player base were significantly smaller, there would be a lot of people sitting around not knowing about RPGs and just thinking "Something's missing from my life, but I don't know what." If people have the free time, they will usually find something that...

Mabye someone needs to be the biggest, but does anyone have to be big? To me, I don't think it would significantly impact my hobby if RPGs as a whole would be smaller fish once again.

I think the point is that there is no need to frantically support D&D; everyone can just buy and play what they like. Sometimes, people who prefer other RPGs and put their money there are accused of dividing the hobby, and that any financial success any other RPG might have spells doom and gloom...

Point taken on the analogy :unsure: I'm not sure that I see a lot of down-talking of D&D here in this thread. It's probably a matter of perspective. As I said, I don't hate D&D (and would absolutely play it, I just don't want to run it).

I agree. But I would still say that "what you played first" is a factor - as has been pointed out, a lot of people like to stick with the familiar, and it is simply a lot more likely that you will start your gamer carreer with D&D than with any other game. So it's a factor. On the other hand...

Yes, it is. But telling some one: "Will you try this with me? I'm ready to do most of the work, and I think you might like it" is not the same. You can still say no. but expecting the other person to continue investing their time into something they are less interested in for your sake is a...

Okay, I'm kind of lost ... I thought you were basically saying "D&D is top because of it's excellence, and claiming that there may be other factors involved is nothing but a cheap attack", but maybe I misread that.

Depends ... I usally play with people I consider friends - and part of that is that I'm willing to leave my comfort zone once on a while, and they're as well. It might not always work out, but as far as I'm concerned, trying things your friends are into usually is a good way to broaden your horizon.

So what? We know that it was first. We know that it is dominant. We can outline in what ways it is a really good game that has many features that make it really fun for a broad range of people. How these three factors are related is speculation; it can be fun and enlightening to speculate...

Yes. But players implicitly telling their GM "I know that you would rather spend your time preparing and running other rpgs, but really, as a player, I can't even be bothered to take the time to and approach them with an open mind" is a pretty dismissive attitude as well. Usually it is the GM...

Well, I wouldn't assume that just any RPG could be as succesful as D&D by simply conditioning people into liking it. But I also wouldn't assume that there a naturally occuring D&D-shaped hole in the lives of people and they were just waiting for something exactly like D&D to fill it. Obviously...

I understand that, and there certainly are elitist "D&D is cotton candy, if you want something nutritous, you have to play other RPGs!" notions. But the answer to that should simply be "there's no Badwrongfun", and not "Go away with your elitist nonsese, D&D has earned its spot at the top, your...