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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SlyDoubt" data-source="post: 5431760" data-attributes="member: 6667337">Absolutely it could grow the market. I never meant to say VTT itself would kill the game. I said what I meant exactly which is a mostly digital VTT based model for D&D would kill it. That meaning very little is printed or updated on paper, much like whats currently going on. They're not going to pull in modern teenagers just by going digital. It may save them money immediately but I really do not think it'll keep long term players who definitely make up the majority of the playerbase. Now if they get VTT running alongside the print product that would definitely be great for things. But again, only if what is in DDI is optional mechanical material, not the home of the core rules with no print product in existence. D&D would simply not survive as a digital only or 90% digital game. It might hang on for a while but it would die. That market will destroy D&D. DDI should exist to supplement the books with optional material produced monthly (maybe weekly) to keep players involved in the game. Forcing DDI as the only real viable way to play the game in its current form is just a terrible terrible idea imho. VTT and digital format is not the future of the game. It's part of it but it is not what's going to sustain it long term.</blockquote>