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<blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5205596" data-attributes="member: 90804">Well, maybe for the CNN audience, spokesmen like this ARE helping.&nbsp; Anyone who is into D&amp;D for the in-depth roleplaying is probably already comfortable with the game and doesn't need an article on CNN to spark their interest in returning to it.&nbsp; For someone who might have played years ago who remembers spending tons of time on the game, time that they no longer have, a pitch like this one might actually get that person to check out D&amp;D Encounters at their local store.It doesn't help with the edition wars, sure, and it isn't how most of us on ENWorld who like D&amp;D 4e would like to think about the game, but if it gets more players in the door because it sounds easy to pick up, I think it's a good thing.&nbsp; Now, if those players always want it to be like a board game and never have any interest in roleplaying, okay, that's not great, but once they get into the game I think most people will naturally WANT the roleplaying.&nbsp; That's been my experience so far, but maybe I've just been lucky.Edit: Yep, what <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/members/dannager.html" target="_blank">Dannager</a> said!&nbsp; Great minds think alike.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OnlineDM, post: 5205596, member: 90804"] Well, maybe for the CNN audience, spokesmen like this ARE helping. Anyone who is into D&D for the in-depth roleplaying is probably already comfortable with the game and doesn't need an article on CNN to spark their interest in returning to it. For someone who might have played years ago who remembers spending tons of time on the game, time that they no longer have, a pitch like this one might actually get that person to check out D&D Encounters at their local store. It doesn't help with the edition wars, sure, and it isn't how most of us on ENWorld who like D&D 4e would like to think about the game, but if it gets more players in the door because it sounds easy to pick up, I think it's a good thing. Now, if those players always want it to be like a board game and never have any interest in roleplaying, okay, that's not great, but once they get into the game I think most people will naturally WANT the roleplaying. That's been my experience so far, but maybe I've just been lucky. Edit: Yep, what [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/members/dannager.html"]Dannager[/URL] said! Great minds think alike. [/QUOTE]

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