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<blockquote data-quote="LurkAway" data-source="post: 5774210" data-attributes="member: 6685059">Remember I didn't know anything about Esperanto until a few days ago, and I'm not trying to compare D&amp;D to Esperanto as you may know it today, but to the story that I read in the book about artificial languages back in 1904.I have read users on this forum complaining that it can be difficult to find a gaming group all wanting to play this or that system, so I do think it's comparable to trying to find people who speak your variation of a language that has gotten fragmented.So if someone asks you, &quot;What edition do you play?&quot; and you answer &quot;5E&quot; and they answer &quot;Duh, but which mod(s) of 5E?&quot; then we have a problem, if -- like failed artificial languages -- the modularity opens the door to tinkering enough to splinter into factions.True, we live in a fragmented market today, but at least when someone says &quot;I play 4E&quot; or &quot;I play Pathfinder&quot; then I know what they mean, and I know more or less what to expect from the system before the 1st session.P.S. I've also briefly read that Android's big worry is seeing the open&nbsp; platform fragment into various brand-specific incompatible versions.P.P.S. I think this 'New Horizons' subthread is most in danger of fragmentation -- I can't keep up with all the different threads!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LurkAway, post: 5774210, member: 6685059"] Remember I didn't know anything about Esperanto until a few days ago, and I'm not trying to compare D&D to Esperanto as you may know it today, but to the story that I read in the book about artificial languages back in 1904. I have read users on this forum complaining that it can be difficult to find a gaming group all wanting to play this or that system, so I do think it's comparable to trying to find people who speak your variation of a language that has gotten fragmented. So if someone asks you, "What edition do you play?" and you answer "5E" and they answer "Duh, but which mod(s) of 5E?" then we have a problem, if -- like failed artificial languages -- the modularity opens the door to tinkering enough to splinter into factions. True, we live in a fragmented market today, but at least when someone says "I play 4E" or "I play Pathfinder" then I know what they mean, and I know more or less what to expect from the system before the 1st session. P.S. I've also briefly read that Android's big worry is seeing the open platform fragment into various brand-specific incompatible versions. P.P.S. I think this 'New Horizons' subthread is most in danger of fragmentation -- I can't keep up with all the different threads!! [/QUOTE]

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