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<blockquote data-quote="T. Foster" data-source="post: 3289750" data-attributes="member: 16574">On the contrary, I think that's probably the main key to D&amp;D's popular appeal. Because of D&amp;D's &quot;kitchen-sink&quot; approach to fantasy, everybody can find something to like in it, even if they've got wildly different expectations and preferences. Tolkien fans wouldn't want to play a game that was wholly dark, gritty, and amoral in the manner of Howard or Leiber (or vice versa) but they can both get if not exactly what they're after at least some of it in D&amp;D, and so can the King Arthur fans, the Greek mythology nuts, the history buffs, the horror fans, and the people who don't know the first thing about fantasy except for maybe having seen The Wizard of Oz and Snow White as a kid. The quote I use is that D&amp;D really sucks at trying to emulate any single pre-existing fantasy world, but it's absolutely unparalleled in emulating all of them at once -- Conan, Merlin, Frodo, John Carter, and the Gray Mouser teamed up together doing battle against Dracula, The Blob, Cthulhu, and King Kong.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T. Foster, post: 3289750, member: 16574"] On the contrary, I think that's probably the main key to D&D's popular appeal. Because of D&D's "kitchen-sink" approach to fantasy, everybody can find [i]something[/i] to like in it, even if they've got wildly different expectations and preferences. Tolkien fans wouldn't want to play a game that was wholly dark, gritty, and amoral in the manner of Howard or Leiber (or vice versa) but they can both get if not exactly what they're after at least some of it in D&D, and so can the King Arthur fans, the Greek mythology nuts, the history buffs, the horror fans, and the people who don't know the first thing about fantasy except for maybe having seen The Wizard of Oz and Snow White as a kid. The quote I use is that D&D really sucks at trying to emulate any single pre-existing fantasy world, but it's absolutely unparalleled in emulating [i]all of them at once[/i] -- Conan, Merlin, Frodo, John Carter, and the Gray Mouser teamed up together doing battle against Dracula, The Blob, Cthulhu, and King Kong. [/QUOTE]

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