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<blockquote data-quote="ccooke" data-source="post: 8447401" data-attributes="member: 6695890"><p>I think [USER=6779196]@Charlaquin[/USER] 's point about 5e being lots of people's second favourite is a key point. 5e is an example of a very successful mainstream game - there's a decent number of people who will call it their favourite edition (hi), but it's also been designed to appeal to a broad number of people. While it isn't their favourite, it's acceptable for a very wide range of games, and the player base is huge so it's easier to get a game.</p><p></p><p>(And this is a great thing for the industry as a whole, because basically for the entire history of roleplaying games there has been a big incumbent mainstream game that most people enter the hobby via. Many of those people will discover systems that are better for the games they want to play, but the entire hobby is improved by the big mainstream game being better at drawing in new people and being good enough to use for a wide range of game styles. It's a lot easier to get people into a smaller niche if you can play a working version of it in the system your prospective players know best.</p><p></p><p>Anyway. It's half past 1am and I'm rambling. This has been a fun thread, and I'm really glad it stayed positive.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ccooke, post: 8447401, member: 6695890"] I think [USER=6779196]@Charlaquin[/USER] 's point about 5e being lots of people's second favourite is a key point. 5e is an example of a very successful mainstream game - there's a decent number of people who will call it their favourite edition (hi), but it's also been designed to appeal to a broad number of people. While it isn't their favourite, it's acceptable for a very wide range of games, and the player base is huge so it's easier to get a game. (And this is a great thing for the industry as a whole, because basically for the entire history of roleplaying games there has been a big incumbent mainstream game that most people enter the hobby via. Many of those people will discover systems that are better for the games they want to play, but the entire hobby is improved by the big mainstream game being better at drawing in new people and being good enough to use for a wide range of game styles. It's a lot easier to get people into a smaller niche if you can play a working version of it in the system your prospective players know best. Anyway. It's half past 1am and I'm rambling. This has been a fun thread, and I'm really glad it stayed positive.) [/QUOTE]
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