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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9369257" data-attributes="member: 50987">Speaking only for myself?  The rules aren't the meal, they're the plate it's served on. You need a plate in order to support the food, meals are messy without one and you can only eat very specific things without a plate.  A good plate is strong enough to hold lots of food, is flexible enough to not shatter when you drop it, and doesn't affect the flavor of the food you put on it.  When you sit down to dinner, you should be able to focus on the meal and the people you're sharing it with...you shouldn't be worrying about the plate.The 5th Edition D&D rules system is a good plate.  You can serve up classic Dungeons & Dragons, you can serve up some sci-fi Esper Genesis, or you can serve up some space opera Star Wars on it, and it works great!  It's a good, versatile, strong plate...you can wash it, reuse it, you can microwave it and put it in the dishwasher, you can bend it in half and it won't break.  But it isn't going to work for every meal--superhero soups shouldn't be put on a plate to begin with, and it isn't big enough to carry an entire buffet all at once.  And some games don't even need a plate--Dread, for example, can be played with your fingers (it's just Jenga with a story attached.)My tastes in games are just as varied as my appetite at lunchtime...they can change by the day, or even by the hour.  But no matter what game I'm enjoying at the moment, I'm probably using the 5E D&D rules to carry it.</blockquote>

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