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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8400678" data-attributes="member: 15700">Having been playing for a while, yeah, it started that way.&nbsp; And it might have been the &quot;default&quot; for a while too.&nbsp; But I think it's also important to realize that D&amp;D has been played incorporating anthropomorphic races for a long, long, time.&nbsp; When The Secret of NIMH came out in 1982, it was a thing.&nbsp; When TMNT came out in 1984 and even had it's own system (Palladium), it was a thing.&nbsp; Then when the popular series Redwall came out in 1986, it was a thing now too.As an old school gamer, I get how a lot of people view D&amp;D in a traditional Tolkien-setting with knights and wizards, but I think we need to understand that for at least 20 years, probably closer to 30, D&amp;D players have been playing a bit of everything as their D&amp;D experience.Yes, I feel old realizing that the 90s was 30 years ago...Edit And I don't think the &quot;old way&quot; is irrelevant any more than any other style of preferences is.&nbsp; They are all relevant as long as there is an audience for them.&nbsp; We're not dead yet...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 8400678, member: 15700"] Having been playing for a while, yeah, it started that way. And it might have been the "default" for a while too. But I think it's also important to realize that D&D has been played incorporating anthropomorphic races for a long, long, time. When The Secret of NIMH came out in 1982, it was a thing. When TMNT came out in 1984 and even had it's own system (Palladium), it was a thing. Then when the popular series Redwall came out in 1986, it was a thing now too. As an old school gamer, I get how a lot of people view D&D in a traditional Tolkien-setting with knights and wizards, but I think we need to understand that for at least 20 years, probably closer to 30, D&D players have been playing a bit of everything as their D&D experience. Yes, I feel old realizing that the 90s was 30 years ago... [I]Edit[/I] And I don't think the "old way" is irrelevant any more than any other style of preferences is. They are all relevant as long as there is an audience for them. We're not dead yet... [/QUOTE]

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