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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5767614" data-attributes="member: 59082">I remember having a similar discussion about a year ago in which I came to four general views as to what D&amp;D is, and all are &quot;true&quot;:1) D&amp;D is what feels like D&amp;D to me (personal/subjective)2) D&amp;D is what is branded as D&amp;D (legal)3) D&amp;D is any game that bears the same general rules and principles of some form of branded D&amp;D (OGL, retro-clones, etc)4) D&amp;D is any RPG or nerdy activity that bears some passing resemblance to D&amp;D (&quot;non-gamer perspective&quot;)It seems that the discussion is bouncing back and forth between 2 and 3; I think they're both true, depending upon what perspective we're taking (just as Danny saying &quot;4E is not D&amp;D to me&quot; is true, but only from the first perspective; it is actually false from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th perspectives).It might also be a matter of to what degree a game is related to D&amp;D, or &quot;part of the family.&quot; Pathfinder is, in a way, a daughter of 3.5 that got married and changed her last name. Some of the retro-clones are similar, although some are more akin to cousins. But they are still all closely related. Savage Worlds, on the other hand, is more distantly related but still has a common ancestor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5767614, member: 59082"] I remember having a similar discussion about a year ago in which I came to four general views as to what D&D is, and all are "true": 1) D&D is what feels like D&D to me (personal/subjective) 2) D&D is what is branded as D&D (legal) 3) D&D is any game that bears the same general rules and principles of some form of branded D&D (OGL, retro-clones, etc) 4) D&D is any RPG or nerdy activity that bears some passing resemblance to D&D ("non-gamer perspective") It seems that the discussion is bouncing back and forth between 2 and 3; I think they're both true, depending upon what perspective we're taking (just as Danny saying "4E is not D&D to me" is true, but only from the first perspective; it is actually false from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th perspectives). It might also be a matter of [I]to what degree [/I]a game is related to D&D, or "part of the family." Pathfinder is, in a way, a daughter of 3.5 that got married and changed her last name. Some of the retro-clones are similar, although some are more akin to cousins. But they are still all closely related. Savage Worlds, on the other hand, is more distantly related but still has a common ancestor. [/QUOTE]

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