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<blockquote data-quote="Arilyn" data-source="post: 9599930" data-attributes="member: 6816042">Mearls does not believe that D&amp;D is doomed. He states that it will remain firmly in the number one spot. He does say that other games are growing, while D&amp;D is shrinking a little, and that this is not normal. Usually the fortunes of other games rise and shrink with D&amp;D. Crowd funding and direct to consumer sales account for this, as well as some unhappiness with the game and Hasbro/WotC. Mearls is critical of 5.5 because it is not giving GMs, especially beginners, the tools they need to homebrew, and there is a growing distance between the company and their fans. Mearls also believes the game is losing 5e's original ease of play philosophy. He also believes that as a large company they are slow to pivot. It's a good discussion and Mearls has a lot to say, but there's no indication that he's looking forward to dancing on WotC's grave. And his own game is just something he's going to crowdfund because he's making the D&amp;D he wants to play, and would love it to be in a physical form with nice art.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arilyn, post: 9599930, member: 6816042"] Mearls does not believe that D&D is doomed. He states that it will remain firmly in the number one spot. He does say that other games are growing, while D&D is shrinking a little, and that this is not normal. Usually the fortunes of other games rise and shrink with D&D. Crowd funding and direct to consumer sales account for this, as well as some unhappiness with the game and Hasbro/WotC. Mearls is critical of 5.5 because it is not giving GMs, especially beginners, the tools they need to homebrew, and there is a growing distance between the company and their fans. Mearls also believes the game is losing 5e's original ease of play philosophy. He also believes that as a large company they are slow to pivot. It's a good discussion and Mearls has a lot to say, but there's no indication that he's looking forward to dancing on WotC's grave. And his own game is just something he's going to crowdfund because he's making the D&D he wants to play, and would love it to be in a physical form with nice art. [/QUOTE]

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