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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thundershot" data-source="post: 6161193" data-attributes="member: 628">I think of it more in terms of... Transformers. I grew up on them. The toys. The cartoon. The comics. Then in 2007 the movie comes out and all of a sudden all these people are suddenly Transformers fans. They know I like Transformers, so try to talk to me about them like they're experts or something. However, when I mention things like how Blaster and Goldbug abandoned the Autobots when Grimlock was the leader... or how Nightbeat it one of my favorite characters. Or that Ratchet defeated Megatron significantly THREE TIMES in the comics.. people look at me like I grew a third eye.D&D as I grew up with (I was born in 1975) is how I think of D&D. I remember when, on my group's very first adventure, everyone died except for one and he took everyone else's equipment and booked for other ventures. I remember when our characters explored the Isle of Dread and befriended the Rakasta tribe and made allies out of them that would last even to this day. I remember when my group conquered Dragon Mountain... and the characters decided to completely clean it out and turn it into a huge headquarters. They even built a spelljamming port for their ship...Now, looking to the future, D&D is more than just a tabletop RPG. It's board games. Video games. Card games. Online games. Kre-O toys. Do any of those things appeal to me? Nope. It gets the brand name out there and maybe, just maybe, some of them will leak into what *I* enjoy as D&D. If it keeps D&D from disappearing into obscurity, it really can't be bad. As long as I still have my dice and books, I'm still content, no matter what edition I play.At least I know that Ratchet is Megatron's TRUE enemy. lol</blockquote>

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