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<blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 8201993" data-attributes="member: 7015558"><p>To build on this, I'll add a very different analogy, of instead of chain restaurants, but instead computer operating systems. Ignore whatever OS you personally prefer; what matters more is how <em>popular </em>they are.</p><p></p><p>D&D is very much Windows. It's the most popular OS (by a lot, 76%), it's one that everyone knows of and has used at least once in their life, and one that every <em>almost </em>every computer company builds their product line around (and most other computer-parallel industries). There are folks who use Windows, will also use Windows, and will never use anything else. There are other folks who have tried Windows, but prefer something else (usually MacOS). There are even folks who use more niche things, like Linux.</p><p></p><p>Why is Windows so popular? It's popular... well, <em>because </em>it's popular. Everyone knows it, most people use it, and it's not unreasonable to expect your employees to be use it. Whether it's the best operating system is not important; it's way too costly, and too frustrating, to expect a company to force their employees to use something like FreeBSD or something.</p><p></p><p>D&D is the same. It is the brand almost everyone knows, and it would be extremely weird for someone to recognize the game "Call of Cthulhu" but not "Dungeons and Dragons." Yes, there are players who prefer non-D&D games, but they've almost all <em>tried </em>D&D. And the majority of people who have played TTRPGs have played <em>only </em>D&D.</p><p></p><p>D&D is popular because it's popular. Everyone has heard of it, most TTRPG players have played it and are familiar with it, and that makes it by far the easiest to set up a game for, either among veteran TTRPG players, or among folks completely new.</p><p></p><p>It also helps that 5E is one of the (if not the) easiest editions of the game for new folks to pick up and play, helping with its exponential growth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 8201993, member: 7015558"] To build on this, I'll add a very different analogy, of instead of chain restaurants, but instead computer operating systems. Ignore whatever OS you personally prefer; what matters more is how [I]popular [/I]they are. D&D is very much Windows. It's the most popular OS (by a lot, 76%), it's one that everyone knows of and has used at least once in their life, and one that every [I]almost [/I]every computer company builds their product line around (and most other computer-parallel industries). There are folks who use Windows, will also use Windows, and will never use anything else. There are other folks who have tried Windows, but prefer something else (usually MacOS). There are even folks who use more niche things, like Linux. Why is Windows so popular? It's popular... well, [I]because [/I]it's popular. Everyone knows it, most people use it, and it's not unreasonable to expect your employees to be use it. Whether it's the best operating system is not important; it's way too costly, and too frustrating, to expect a company to force their employees to use something like FreeBSD or something. D&D is the same. It is the brand almost everyone knows, and it would be extremely weird for someone to recognize the game "Call of Cthulhu" but not "Dungeons and Dragons." Yes, there are players who prefer non-D&D games, but they've almost all [I]tried [/I]D&D. And the majority of people who have played TTRPGs have played [I]only [/I]D&D. D&D is popular because it's popular. Everyone has heard of it, most TTRPG players have played it and are familiar with it, and that makes it by far the easiest to set up a game for, either among veteran TTRPG players, or among folks completely new. It also helps that 5E is one of the (if not the) easiest editions of the game for new folks to pick up and play, helping with its exponential growth. [/QUOTE]
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