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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8719662" data-attributes="member: 4348">Is it though?They 40 million claim was with 15 million 5e players, which implies 25 million players prior to 5e were included in that number.As I said, They did NOT claim active players because there are NOT 50 million active players for D&D currently.I'd be surprised if it is even 20 to 25 million.Just because people into the hobby WANT it to be that popular does not mean it IS that popular.  I've said this before, but when looking at popularity in culture, compare it to things of like numbers.  If it isn't having that type of impact on society in a similar field, chances are, it's not having the numbers to that level. I stated Game of Thrones because I don't even see D&D getting that much of popular notice in culture as GoT still does.I expect the movie will cause a spike in articles, searches, and popularity, but that will probably be more focused on the film itself than actual playerbase.  It will probably cause a spike in the player base, but the movie probably will be the more popular search and experienced item in the general population than the game, or that's my expectation.</blockquote>