For those who don't play D&D (or its clones), what keeps you engaged with EN World?

[Emberashh]

I keep getting banned from Reddit for mildly suggesting Nazis should be met with violence, and I ultimately like this place better for staying in touch with the hobby.

 

[jdrakeh]

The industry news. No other website covers as much industry news as in depth as ENWorld does. This was once true of other sites, but I think that time has passed. When I want RPG industry news, I come to ENWorld.

 

[pete284]

I prefer forums to Discord (which is fine for software support etc) but is dire for long form discussion. There are so few forums still around I tend to bounce between them and Reddit for non D&D talk.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

Mostly inertia these days. Been coming here since 3e was new.

Inertia's a powerful motivator.

 

[Thomas Shey]

This gets complicated.

First off, I'm really not interested in D&D proper or any of its really close kin; that doesn't mean someone couldn't sell me on playing in a game of it, but the persistent irritant of one mechanical element I strongly dislike would bother me, and there's not much to attract me there. And I can't think of the circumstance where I'd run it (and I'm primarily a GM).

That said, there are a couple cousin systems (PF2e, 13th Age and Shadow of the Weird Wizard) that I find have some virtues, and I can be sold on those easier.

But I do prefer other non-D&D-sphere games. I'd probably prefer a board less D&D-centric, but of the three I've tried, I'm no longer welcome on one, and the tone of the other two put me off. I at least find enough discussion of gaming in general, or avowedly D&D discussion that really applies generally, to keep my interest, and of course there's the side discussion of other geek interests.