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<blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 8968355" data-attributes="member: 6680772">It's one data point, sure, but there are many others. Beyond other TRPG cafes, you have online session portal sites, conventions, and publicly available TRPG circles (i.e., clubs). D&amp;D is always in the mix for all of these. It may not be number one, but it'll be number two, three, or four. I agree with the large part of your post, but my point is that D&amp;D has always been one of the leaders in the Japanese TPRG market. It used to be Sword World, D&amp;D, and then everyone else, and now it's Cthulhu, Sword World, D&amp;D, and everyone else, which to me does not indicate &quot;low interest.&quot;I will need a citation for this though,I believe Kadokawa's numbers for CoC, but I don't know how they would know what D&amp;D sold in total. Hobby Japan is not part of their keiretsu. And I did not see that claim made in the article. That said, it should be noted that there was essentially a 3 year gap between 2014, when 4e was discontinued, and 2017 when Hobby Japan was finally given the license to do translations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iosue, post: 8968355, member: 6680772"] It's one data point, sure, but there are many others. Beyond other TRPG cafes, you have online session portal sites, conventions, and publicly available TRPG circles (i.e., clubs). D&D is always in the mix for all of these. It may not be number one, but it'll be number two, three, or four. I agree with the large part of your post, but my point is that D&D has always been one of the leaders in the Japanese TPRG market. It used to be Sword World, D&D, and then everyone else, and now it's Cthulhu, Sword World, D&D, and everyone else, which to me does not indicate "low interest." I will need a citation for this though, I believe Kadokawa's numbers for CoC, but I don't know how they would know what D&D sold in total. Hobby Japan is not part of their [I]keiretsu[/I]. And I did not see that claim made in the article. That said, it should be noted that there was essentially a 3 year gap between 2014, when 4e was discontinued, and 2017 when Hobby Japan was finally given the license to do translations. [/QUOTE]

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