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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FireLance" data-source="post: 1863386" data-attributes="member: 3424">Sigh, another complaint that D&D is going down the drain because there are people playing it like a computer game/card game/wargame.But when you think about it, is any of this actually preventing anyone from playing the game the way they want? Even if D&D can't be played like a computer game/card game/wargame, it doesn't mean there will be more players who will play the way you want. Those people who are playing it like a computer game/card game/wargame won't be playing it anyway. They'd be playing their computer game/card game/wargame instead. It doesn't mean that there will be more material that you find useful. If D&D can't be played like computer game/card game/wargame, the people who play it computer game/card game/wargame will spend their money on their computer game/card game/wargame instead of on D&D. This means that companies will come up with less D&D related material. However, because overheads remain the same, this means less stuff or more expensive stuff for everyone.So to summarize:1. If D&D can't be played like a computer game/card game/wargame, it doesn't mean there will be more people who will play the way you want.2. If D&D can't be played like a computer game/card game/wargame, it doesn't mean that companies will produce more material that you want.3. People who play D&D like a computer game/card game/wargame are not a bad thing.</blockquote>