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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9439733" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I think that your perspective is valid, but that [USER=6779196]@Charlaquin[/USER] is also correct.When dealing with people outside of the hobby, &quot;D&amp;D&quot; is a term that they use to refer to all TTRPGs. To them, every game that involves people getting together and rolling dice that isn't a board game is &quot;D&amp;D.&quot;But I certainly agree that D&amp;D is not the end-all, be-all of the hobby, and it is useful to explain the differences to people that are expressing an interest!If I'm just in a casual conversation, like at a cocktail party, and someone refers to all the games as D&amp;D, I just go with the flow. And throw a drink in their face. The drink in their face has nothing to do with D&amp;D or names; it's just a manifestation of my inner malevolence.ETA- I just remembered that I was listening to a Cautionary Tales podcast, and the host and guest were chatting. The guest asked the host about playing D&amp;D, and the host acknowledged that he was playing D&amp;D. He later clarified that he was actually playing a different game that was more story focused called Blades in the Dark. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9439733, member: 7023840"] I think that your perspective is valid, but that [USER=6779196]@Charlaquin[/USER] is also correct. When dealing with people outside of the hobby, "D&D" is a term that they use to refer to all TTRPGs. To them, every game that involves people getting together and rolling dice that isn't a board game is "D&D." But I certainly agree that D&D is not the end-all, be-all of the hobby, and it is useful to explain the differences to people that are expressing an interest! If I'm just in a casual conversation, like at a cocktail party, and someone refers to all the games as D&D, I just go with the flow. And throw a drink in their face. The drink in their face has nothing to do with D&D or names; it's just a manifestation of my inner malevolence. ETA- I just remembered that I was listening to a Cautionary Tales podcast, and the host and guest were chatting. The guest asked the host about playing D&D, and the host acknowledged that he was playing D&D. He later clarified that he was actually playing a different game that was more story focused called [I]Blades in the Dark. [/I] [/QUOTE]

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