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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7472147" data-attributes="member: 37579">Grognards are people who play older versions of games despite newer versions being available. Fans of 3e and4e would be “grognards” now...Critical Role is massive. It’s had live viewing numbers in the six digits, and has even earned billboards. Their studio is lit by $30,000 lights. When the second campaign strarted, it caused a spike in people playing tieflings on DnDBeyond. Their campaign setting book is outselling some D&amp;D books on Amazon. And that’s just the one show. There’s Dice Camera Action, Maze Arcana, Force Grey, and sooooo many more.Streaming is HUGE.WotC isn’t working with streamers for fun.We had fantasy movies in the 2000. You might have heard of them. Lord of the Rings. Won a few Oscars, made a few careers. And yet that didn’t lead to a spike in D&amp;D.There’s a massive difference in knowing someone who plays D&amp;D and being able to google a video at any time . The hardest part of D&amp;D has been explaining how the game works, and streamed games are amazing examples of actual play. You don’t need to find a friend to watch them play or hunt down a group to teach you this game you’ve heard about in passing or just seen on store shelves.Also, the campaigns are different. Vastly. Watching a DM at home is a very different experienced. More cross table chatter and side conversations, and time spent taking recent films or about your day. A streamed show is two to four hours with much of that entirely in-character. Maybe a single short combat Which is my point. A whole new generation of gamers is being introduced and they view D&amp;D primarily through the lense or long strengthens or role playing and talking in character rather than building a complex character for multiple battles or methodically working through a trap and puzzle filled funhouse dungeon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7472147, member: 37579"] Grognards are people who play older versions of games despite newer versions being available. Fans of 3e and4e would be “grognards” now... Critical Role is massive. It’s had live viewing numbers in the six digits, and has even earned billboards. Their studio is lit by $30,000 lights. When the second campaign strarted, it caused a spike in people playing tieflings on DnDBeyond. Their campaign setting book is outselling some D&D books on Amazon. And that’s just the one show. There’s Dice Camera Action, Maze Arcana, Force Grey, and sooooo many more. Streaming is HUGE. WotC isn’t working with streamers for fun. We had fantasy movies in the 2000. You might have heard of them. Lord of the Rings. Won a few Oscars, made a few careers. And yet that didn’t lead to a spike in D&D. There’s a [B][I]massive[/I][/B] difference in knowing someone who plays D&D and being able to google a video at any time . The hardest part of D&D has been explaining how the game works, and streamed games are amazing examples of actual play. You don’t need to find a friend to watch them play or hunt down a group to teach you this game you’ve heard about in passing or just seen on store shelves. Also, the campaigns are different. Vastly. Watching a DM at home is a very different experienced. More cross table chatter and side conversations, and time spent taking recent films or about your day. A streamed show is two to four hours with much of that entirely in-character. Maybe a single short combat Which is my point. A whole new generation of gamers is being introduced and they view D&D primarily through the lense or long strengthens or role playing and talking in character rather than building a complex character for multiple battles or methodically working through a trap and puzzle filled funhouse dungeon. [/QUOTE]

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