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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 8092733" data-attributes="member: 6785785">Yeah, I get that. My experience is largely the same. I don't know if it takes as much investment to learn or try new games as you suggest, although everyone's availability and ability will vary, of course. I've been trying to get my group to try different games for the past couple years, to varying success. We have indeed played a few....mostly Blades in the Dark, but also Alien, Star Trek Adventures, Mothership, and City of Mist. I don't think the learning curve is all that steep and in most cases, one person can learn the game and then teach it to others. That's what happened with each of the examples I give above. City of Mists and Blades had the steepest learning curve, but I think that's largely due to the fact that those games are the most different from D&D in the way that they play. I know that's just my anecdote and that everyone's situation is different. But I think it can be done. And I think it's a worthwhile thing to do, even if a group only stuck with a new game for a few sessions.Sure.....as I said, I understand that D&D (and yes, I'm also lumping together all its versions for the purpose of this discussion) is foundational. It's the entry point for most of us, and it's the most present game out there. As I mentioned, the vast majority of my gaming experience has been with D&D. But I still find it a bit surprising how few folks who would happily categorize themselves as gamers or gaming enthusiasts or RPGers or what have you play only the one game. It's like a film buff who only watches rom-coms, or a foodie who only eats fast food. It seems odd.I realize this is perhaps wishful thinking on my part, and I'm okay with that, but I think if more folks in general and also here on these boards branched out a little, it'd likely be a good thing overall. I'm not knocking D&D any more than I am super-hero movies or pop music or any other subset of a larger thing.</blockquote>

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