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Message: <blockquote data-quote="payn" data-source="post: 6677874" data-attributes="member: 90374">I’m digging the Eastern groove on cyclical Golden Ages. However, I think every 5-10 years is a little too often for a golden age to happen. At that frequency, the term “golden age” starts to lack luster. It may be more appropriate to simply say D&D is at the high point of the cyclical process. That is not an attempt to diminish the popularity or success of 5E, I think that is something to celebrate. Though I think many of the choices WOTC has made make D&D a bit too exclusive to make this a Golden Age.Those choices are of course a slow product release schedule, focus on gaming shops, and branding. Essentially, if you prefer settings other than FR, organized play from home, products in PDF format, and a wealth of gaming supplements, then you are out of luck when it comes to D&D (for now anyways). I am a little disappointed to not be part of the current iteration of D&D but I understand the decisions WOTC is making. In fact, I wish them success and I am happy for those enjoying this go around. A position easier to take now, then say 2008, thanks to a suitable alternative in Pathfinder and indies.I would believe the OGL to be a bad business decision on WOTC part, but it was a great gift to the TTRPG community that keeps on giving. Finally, there are a whole slew of alternatives including a major competitor for D&D. Options always favor the consumer and right now the internet is providing in a myriad of ways. Publishing, kickstarters, forums, etc….Makes sense that WOTC is aiming to make D&D the game shop TTRPG to fit along with Magic and their branding to offer some differentiation. I take this as a good sign for D&D, not so much for my personal preferences. So if a Golden Age is achieving the near impossible, the high end of a cyclical process, or just a state of personally “feeling 72F/22C degrees in the head all the time”, then no personally D&D is not in a Golden Age. I would say that TTRPGs in general are in a Golden Age. That’s good news for everybody.-Cheers</blockquote>

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