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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 9574830" data-attributes="member: 22424">I thought the 2024 PHB was supposed to be the fastest-selling RPG product of all time?I do tend to agree, though, that D&amp;D's moment of prominence in the zeitgeist seems to be coming to a close. And that's not really a surprise - geek media as a whole seems to be slipping away. Both Star Wars and the MCU are in the doldrums, &quot;Game of Thrones&quot; has ended and been replaced with a slew of hugely expensive but underwhelming fantasy slop, &quot;Big Bang Theory&quot; and its spin-off are done, and Critical Role seems to have had its moment.None of this should be particularly surprising.And, after the last few years, I'm inclined to think that none of it is particularly disappointing either.That said, it is an historical oddity that both 2nd Ed and 4e removed half-orcs from the PHB and the game found itself in negative hit points. And, of course, the 2024 version has just removed half-orcs from the PHB...(And yes, I know... and I know that too. Don't take the above paragraph too seriously. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 9574830, member: 22424"] I thought the 2024 PHB was supposed to be the fastest-selling RPG product of all time? I do tend to agree, though, that D&D's moment of prominence in the zeitgeist seems to be coming to a close. And that's not really a surprise - geek media as a whole seems to be slipping away. Both Star Wars and the MCU are in the doldrums, "Game of Thrones" has ended and been replaced with a slew of hugely expensive but underwhelming fantasy slop, "Big Bang Theory" and its spin-off are done, and Critical Role seems to have had its moment. None of this should be particularly surprising. And, after the last few years, I'm inclined to think that none of it is particularly disappointing either. That said, it is an historical oddity that both 2nd Ed and 4e removed half-orcs from the PHB and the game found itself in negative hit points. And, of course, the 2024 version has just removed half-orcs from the PHB... (And yes, I know... and I know that too. Don't take the above paragraph too seriously. :) ) [/QUOTE]

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