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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6168149" data-attributes="member: 42582">OK, no disagreement with that. My own feeling is that it will take more than such local compromises for D&Dnext to succeed, though. Because that local compromise could just as easily be on 3E, PF, 4e or some non-D&D game.Sure, the perfect can be the enemy of the good. But I don't think this is a fair diagnosis of (say) a group who stick with 4e, or PF, rather than change to Next. If they have a stable, local, pleasure-generating agreement on what game to play then a mere disinclination to change to Next is not a sign of excessive specificity of taste.I agree there's nothing wrong with broadening your horizons, or trying new things. But - and the rest of your post means maybe you agree? - I don't see D&Dnext as really fitting this description.A lot of the talk of "unity" seems to me to be appealing to some goal or experience that goes well beyond the actual experience of playing a game (be it a safe and comfortable game or a new and avant-garde game). It seems to appeal to the idea of being part of a broader movement or collective - like becoming a member of your football team, say. For me, at least, that sense of belonging to something bigger and unified around a single game is not a big part of the RPG experience.</blockquote>