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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 6023719" data-attributes="member: 87792">I consider myself not part of the lost generation so much as part of the diaspora.&nbsp; The period when D&amp;D wasn't the leader of the RPG market.&nbsp; White Wolf was.&nbsp; And most D&amp;D players were members of groups that had been existing forever - Storyteller was where the main creative energy was, whereas TSR was getting called T$R for churning out over 600 sourcebooks in 9 years to an ever decreasing audience.&nbsp; The rules weren't great.&nbsp; If you want exuberant settings, I don't think D&amp;D can match Vampire, RIFTS, Cyberpunk 2020, WFRP, or even most GURPS sourcebooks (to name what I was playing in the 90s). &nbsp;And I'm pleased to see that it looks as if there's a second diaspora going on right now.&nbsp; Not as strong as the one I grew up with - the market leaders are both D&amp;D right now.&nbsp; But even a split market between versions of D&amp;D turns things over.&nbsp;We weren't lost.&nbsp; We were members of the period when something consistently almost matched D&amp;D's sales and was more relevant to us than the dungeoncrawls and settings that bounced off their own rules that D&amp;D was offering.&nbsp; And I think the roleplaying community was richer for it.&nbsp; This isn't to say I like Storyteller.&nbsp; I don't for numerous reasons.&nbsp; But I consider the dominance of d20 to be something that seriously hurt the creativity of the roleplaying market for the first half of the last decade.&nbsp; And I massively prefer the material currently being produced with its clean playing to the games I played in the 90s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 6023719, member: 87792"] I consider myself not part of the lost generation so much as part of the diaspora. The period when D&D wasn't the leader of the RPG market. White Wolf was. And most D&D players were members of groups that had been existing forever - Storyteller was where the main creative energy was, whereas TSR was getting called T$R for churning out over 600 sourcebooks in 9 years to an ever decreasing audience. The rules weren't great. If you want exuberant settings, I don't think D&D can match Vampire, RIFTS, Cyberpunk 2020, WFRP, or even most GURPS sourcebooks (to name what I was playing in the 90s). And I'm pleased to see that it looks as if there's a second diaspora going on right now. Not as strong as the one I grew up with - the market leaders are both D&D right now. But even a split market between versions of D&D turns things over. We weren't lost. We were members of the period when something consistently almost matched D&D's sales and was more relevant to us than the dungeoncrawls and settings that bounced off their own rules that D&D was offering. And I think the roleplaying community was richer for it. This isn't to say I like Storyteller. I don't for numerous reasons. But I consider the dominance of d20 to be something that seriously hurt the creativity of the roleplaying market for the first half of the last decade. And I massively prefer the material currently being produced with its clean playing to the games I played in the 90s. [/QUOTE]

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