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<blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 9284562" data-attributes="member: 16586">One area I think a fair number of people who aren't primarily D&amp;D fans even if they enjoy playing it is the idea that the rest of us are dependent on D&amp;D to exist. That its current boom is good for you regardless of what you play. Anecdotally that's just not true for me. This is not the best time there has ever been to find players for Vampire, Exalted, Legend of the Five Rings, Apocalypse World, etc. It actually has been better for me, but for a different reason - now the people I find for games like L5R and Vampire are actually really into the game in question and not just for something to play like they were back in the day when the games were more popular in the cultural zeitgeist.I just think the idea that roleplaying games are arrayed in such a way that the rest of us need to somehow bow the knee is something I just don't agree with (which is the overall tenor of there must always be a behemoth talk). Frankly that general belief among the D&amp;D Only fanbase that my greater roleplaying game hobby makes me less likely to support and play D&amp;D despite genuinely enjoying 5e in short bursts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Campbell, post: 9284562, member: 16586"] One area I think a fair number of people who aren't primarily D&D fans even if they enjoy playing it is the idea that the rest of us are dependent on D&D to exist. That its current boom is good for you regardless of what you play. Anecdotally that's just not true for me. This is not the best time there has ever been to find players for Vampire, Exalted, Legend of the Five Rings, Apocalypse World, etc. It actually has been better for me, but for a different reason - now the people I find for games like L5R and Vampire are actually really into the game in question and not just for something to play like they were back in the day when the games were more popular in the cultural zeitgeist. I just think the idea that roleplaying games are arrayed in such a way that the rest of us need to somehow bow the knee is something I just don't agree with ([I]which is the overall tenor of there must always be a behemoth[/I] talk). Frankly that general belief among the D&D Only fanbase that my greater roleplaying game hobby makes me less likely to support and play D&D despite genuinely enjoying 5e in short bursts. [/QUOTE]

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