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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 5977603" data-attributes="member: 42582">It won't bother me one way or another if the game is popular, and I guess it's a good thing if other's are enjoying it, provided it's not objectively horrible in some way. (There are some things which, if widely popular, would make me unhappy - in the RPG world I guess F.A.T.A.L. would be an uncontroversial example.)I trust that they love gaming and want to help others have fun. As to the last clause, it depends a bit on how you define "audience" - I personally think they're focusing a bit too much on mechanics and not enough on tropes/themes, but maybe I'm not a core part of the audience!No idea. But probably not - it seems that Hasbro's need for unrealistic earnings projections may have helped kill 4e, for example.The only RPG I have ever felt that much emotional attachment to is Rolemaster, and even that fondness has waned with what ICE, in its various incarnations over the years, has done with that game.I am on a reasonable salary and so may buy a copy of the D&Dnext rules to satisfy my curiosity. But I won't play it just to support the brand. My play time is limited and precious. I will play it only if it's a good game for my purposes. (And at this stage I have some doubts about that.)</blockquote>