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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tuxgeo" data-source="post: 5445580" data-attributes="member: 61026">The influence of D&D does not reside in quotable quotes; besides, you're comparing the prose of Gary Gygax to the poetry of William Shakespeare, and that is hardly apt: Bill is considered by some to have been the greatest poet in the English language, while Gary was more of an enthusiast. IMHO, the influence of D&D comes in the form of cultural breadth and depth, although perhaps not scope: if we can imagine gnome warlocks fighting alongside drow clerics, we can imagine a much more racially diverse world than we get in the formerly-rotten state of Denmark. Duergar and Svirfneblin and Githzerai (and Minotaurs and Shardminds) can stretch our imaginations in ways unheard of in Helsingor, or even Copenhaven, in days of old. When the game is being played, one sees people having fun with their imaginations; but when the game is over, the lasting effect of stretching their imaginations remains with them, and can carry over into other facets of their lives, even if their PCs die. An active imagination can help a person to establish a new business, or campaign for a cause, or work with others for a common goal that would not take on much personal significance for the less-imaginative, especially if that goal is nebulous or abstract or extremely far-off. So, agreed: the quotes from Hamlet were better. Lots better. That doesn't mean D&D never had any influence; it had and still has a lot.</blockquote>

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