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<blockquote data-quote="Guest&amp;nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 6585369">I had a whole response typed, but I am not going to try to change your mind about the nature of changes to D&amp;D and 5E in particular. I'm not seeing the value in going down that road. What I will say is if you want to see the hobby grow, well you can contribute by bringing people into the hobby to play the games you think would appeal to folks or by creating a new system yourself. In the end we don't really need to put this all on D&amp;D's shoulders either way. There are plenty of games out there that are accessible and interesting and would likely appeal to people outside the hobby. Introduce folks to those. I've been trying to make games myself that would appeal to folks who might not find D&amp;D to their liking. When people choose D&amp;D over my games though, I don't attribute it to fear of change or a desire to reinforce some vague status quo (I just see it as people playing a game they enjoy). Sure D&amp;D is the name people recognize but it is a small step from someone playing D&amp;D for the first time to them learning to play another RPG. That is a much more helpful step to grow the hobby than insulting people because they like a version of D&amp;D you don't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 85555, post: 6585369"] I had a whole response typed, but I am not going to try to change your mind about the nature of changes to D&D and 5E in particular. I'm not seeing the value in going down that road. What I will say is if you want to see the hobby grow, well you can contribute by bringing people into the hobby to play the games you think would appeal to folks or by creating a new system yourself. In the end we don't really need to put this all on D&D's shoulders either way. There are plenty of games out there that are accessible and interesting and would likely appeal to people outside the hobby. Introduce folks to those. I've been trying to make games myself that would appeal to folks who might not find D&D to their liking. When people choose D&D over my games though, I don't attribute it to fear of change or a desire to reinforce some vague status quo (I just see it as people playing a game they enjoy). Sure D&D is the name people recognize but it is a small step from someone playing D&D for the first time to them learning to play another RPG. That is a much more helpful step to grow the hobby than insulting people because they like a version of D&D you don't. [/QUOTE]

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