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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5980574" data-attributes="member: 58416">I am not sure if I agree that D&D is still the flagship product when it comes to rpgs in general.  Is it the biggest brand name?  Yes, I would say so -in spite of several competitors making a lot of progress.  However, I am not sure that I would say it is currently the best product, and I am also not sure that I would currently say it should be the product in the lead.  When I first learned to play rpgs, RPG was more-or-less synonymous with D&D; I no longer feel that is the case.I believe the hobby would be far healthier if players, GMs, and the gamer community as a whole chose to support games based on quality and what they like to play rather than buying out of name recognition.  I feel that this whole idea that D&D needs to be healthy is something of a self-defeating problem.  If another game (and company) were supported, they would rise to take the place of WoTC when it comes to rpgs, and there would be a 'gateway game' and all of those other things.Some people argue that D&D is necessary because that is the easiest game to find players for.  However, part of the reason it is easy to find players for it is because there are (or at least appear to be) so many voices advocating buying the game just to buy the game.  It seems logical to me that other games would be easier to find players for if the community would advocate buying (or at least trying) those games rather than being stuck on the idea that we have to buy a certain product from a certain company if we want our hobby to be healthy.There are plenty of good companies and products out there.  Why not support some of them?  In recent years, Paizo has done very well, and I think that is just a small glimpse of what kind of power consumers have.  Even if you don't like their product, the fact is that they showed it is possible for the hobby to survive without WoTC.  Look at the Ennie nominations for some ideas if you are unfamiliar with some of the other companies which are producing rpgs.  There are a few companies other than Paizo and WoTC who have been nominated for multiple categories.</blockquote>

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