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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 9576061" data-attributes="member: 6796661">D&amp;D may no longer be cool, but it is still the lingua franca of the TTRPG world. I've never been cool, but I still like novelty. I've moved on from D&amp;D to WFRP as the system for my main campaign. But I can always go back to D&amp;D, join in on a D&amp;D game, and it is still the easiest way to get people into the hobby. Fads come and go, die-hard TTRPG hobbyists will seek novelty in new systems, but D&amp;D will endure. That is D&amp;D's biggest strength. It doesn't need to be cool. It'll be interesting to see if Mearles's observation is born out and another system unseats D&amp;D as the top game. If that happens, congrats to the new top dog! But I feel pretty safe in predicting that its time on the throne will be short lived. Many new games will bubble to the top, burst, and be forgotten. A small few will capture a large and enthusiastic enough of a community to endure for the long term. But I predict that D&amp;D will retain its role as the default and most commonly played TTRPG, whether cool or not, for decades to come. It is just too central to the TTRPG ecosystem for me to see that changing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 9576061, member: 6796661"] D&D may no longer be cool, but it is still the lingua franca of the TTRPG world. I've never been cool, but I still like novelty. I've moved on from D&D to WFRP as the system for my main campaign. But I can always go back to D&D, join in on a D&D game, and it is still the easiest way to get people into the hobby. Fads come and go, die-hard TTRPG hobbyists will seek novelty in new systems, but D&D will endure. That is D&D's biggest strength. It doesn't need to be cool. It'll be interesting to see if Mearles's observation is born out and another system unseats D&D as the top game. If that happens, congrats to the new top dog! But I feel pretty safe in predicting that its time on the throne will be short lived. Many new games will bubble to the top, burst, and be forgotten. A small few will capture a large and enthusiastic enough of a community to endure for the long term. But I predict that D&D will retain its role as the default and most commonly played TTRPG, whether cool or not, for decades to come. It is just too central to the TTRPG ecosystem for me to see that changing. [/QUOTE]

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