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If anyone knows it would be WOTC, but even they probably don't have a clue. They can certainly get a better idea from DndBeyond but I would imagine that would be pretty heavily biased. My own personal experience and what I see for open games and game days would tell me that it's widely...

So it's $70 for a couple, if you have 3 kids you've now spent enough to buy the books on amazon. I just got invited to play the Frosthaven board game, it costs $250. Meanwhile if you adjust for inflation, the core books are cheaper than ever. I get it if people don't have the budget to play...

If the cost of books and/or DndBeyond was an issue for someone's game I was playing in I would happily chip in.

Did I say you or anyone else should change editions? Or choose to use DndBeyond? Meanwhile I had a meal at a nice restaurant while on vacation and the cost for a single meal was over a hundred dollars. It reminded why I almost never eat out. D&D is expensive for some people but buying all of...

It don't see any indication of edition bias. I don't think 2e's Player's Options was worthy of being called out as a different edition either, obviously the OP did. It's not about edition wars.

I'm not getting into edition wars. I was just pointing out that the survey included every publication some people considered different enough to be considered a significant.

I never said one way or another whether more people have adapted 2024 vs 2014 (or any other edition), all I said was that we can't draw any broader conclusion. Surveys on this forum are not representative of the broader public. On the other hand this response is another clear indication of...

I was playing 4e when the essentials came out, it was at least as big a difference as the other versions mentioned with 1e and the three basic versions, 2e and 2e + Player's Options. The survey isn't picking on 4e.

I think any and all surveys on this site are basically meaningless when looking at broader trends. I don't really care what game other people play while also acknowledging that there is a significant bias on this forum for several reasons. On the other hand $50-150 will get a couple a meal...

As of today, this survey accounts for approximately .001% of all people playing D&D and has a significant selection bias and is pretty meaningless. Interesting.

First, your claim that a sword was never a primary weapon of choice is false as the historical record is concerned. It wasn't the only weapon used but it certainly wasn't the equivalent of a military commander's sidearm. Second, no one has ever downplayed the influence of the representation of...

While there are no numbers that I can find after a in-depth hard core internet search of approximately 2 minutes, I did find a mention of armies bringing along spare bowstrings. Now, I don't think this is any indication that they broke on a regular basis but they did wear out. Which is...

2024 with a handful of house rules as always. Some of those house rules come from 2014 rules and some of the players are using subclasses from 2014 if they don't have an updated version.

Did you even browse the article I linked to? Based on the evidence we have swords were widely used right alongside other weapons. Different people used different weapons during different periods for different reasons but most armies did not use just one weapon. Many armies just had people...

My point is that the DM is the one who makes the final call on what type of weapon is in the treasure. That's all. I am making no comment one way or the other on the overrepresentation of swords as weapons in popular culture. D&D 1e did have representations of many different types of polearms...