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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 7034872" data-source="post: 8658811"><p>The big open question in my mind is, "How much of D&D's recent explosive growth has been COVID-related, and how long will the pandemic persist?" I'm sure it's been an important part of the growth story, but I'm even more sure Critical Role, MDCM, and others have been a lot more important.</p><p></p><p>This game started getting <em>really</em> popular on my college's campus back around 2017 or 2018 to where I started wondering what was going on. I'd use D&D examples in my classroom to ham up my nerdiness to the students and keep them engaged, and from around 2017 they weren't laughing at me anymore (I wanted them to--that was the point): they were now laughing <em>along</em> and then talking about campaigns they were in. By 2020 it seemed like half the campus was rolling d20s at least once a week.</p><p></p><p>"Is it plateauing?" I don't know. "Will its growth stay as explosive as it has been?" I mean, how could it? Things like this always have to at least slow down at some point. So long as the market doesn't contract, though, I imagine WotC will be just fine. Never underestimate a nerd's willingness to keep putting more cool stuff into their shopping cart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest 7034872, post: 8658811"] The big open question in my mind is, "How much of D&D's recent explosive growth has been COVID-related, and how long will the pandemic persist?" I'm sure it's been an important part of the growth story, but I'm even more sure Critical Role, MDCM, and others have been a lot more important. This game started getting [I]really[/I] popular on my college's campus back around 2017 or 2018 to where I started wondering what was going on. I'd use D&D examples in my classroom to ham up my nerdiness to the students and keep them engaged, and from around 2017 they weren't laughing at me anymore (I wanted them to--that was the point): they were now laughing [I]along[/I] and then talking about campaigns they were in. By 2020 it seemed like half the campus was rolling d20s at least once a week. "Is it plateauing?" I don't know. "Will its growth stay as explosive as it has been?" I mean, how could it? Things like this always have to at least slow down at some point. So long as the market doesn't contract, though, I imagine WotC will be just fine. Never underestimate a nerd's willingness to keep putting more cool stuff into their shopping cart. [/QUOTE]
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