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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 8963336" data-attributes="member: 2525">All you've described is product critical mass. "When an idea reaches critical mass there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce." It's the threshold where a product goes from niche to mass market, when they cross a threshold into commonly known brand. ALL commonly known brands go through that threshold point at some point in their growth - where steady growth becomes explosive growth. The computer you're reading this on went through that sudden explosive growth, where it was first a hobbyist kit you could build (my families first computer was a Healthkit 8088 in the mid 70s) or a room-sized computer for specialized use, and then finally exploded after reaching critical mass.  And it wasn't just from technological advances - it took 7 years from the point where the basic home computer chip was fully realized in 1975 to the IBM being common in 1982. And then it took another decade before it was actually in most homes.Yes, this could be a trend which bursts. Or it could be the new normal and D&D has crossed the critical mass threshold. We won't know for quite some time.</blockquote>