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<blockquote data-quote="loverdrive" data-source="post: 8446925" data-attributes="member: 7027139">I think, TTRPGs are unique. Assuming the default entry point of D&amp;D, there are some qualities that other hobbies I can think of don't posses:Open-ended nature of the game. There are no obvious limitations, quite the opposite, in fact — rule 0 is a thing, after all, and unlimited freedom is a common part of how people describe the hobby to their friends.A related thing, perceived ease of modification. In, say, videogames, when one thinks &quot;oh my God I love Call of Duty so much, what if it was like Star Wars, with blasters and stuff?&quot;, modifying the game to be Star Wars is not really an option. You can do that, sure, but for an average gamer, it's an insurmountable task — it's obviously easier to look for a Star Wars first-person shooter that it is to mod stormtroopers into Call of Duty.IN TTRPGs, you don't need to know how to code, or make 3d models or levels or sound design. You just need to know how to write. The perceived amount of effort required to homebrew Star Wars D&amp;D is, at least, comparable to the perceived amount of effort required to learn a new system.Post AD&amp;D 1E complexity of the game also is a factor — after studying 300+ page behemoth of a rulebook for your first game, it's reasonable to assume that other games are just as damn heavy.The cultural significance. There's no &quot;normie&quot; word for videogames. Like, an average person who is even just vaguely interested in vidya ain't gonna call them all &quot;Call of Duty&quot;. Call of Duty, however big, way damn bigger than D&amp;D will ever be, is still a videogame.There's a &quot;normie&quot; word for TTRPGs — it's &quot;D&amp;D&quot;. Dungeons and Dragons is the tabletop roleplaying game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="loverdrive, post: 8446925, member: 7027139"] I think, TTRPGs [I]are[/I] unique. Assuming the default entry point of D&D, there are some qualities that other hobbies I can think of don't posses: [B]Open-ended nature of the game[/B]. There are no obvious limitations, quite the opposite, in fact — rule 0 is a thing, after all, and unlimited freedom is a common part of how people describe the hobby to their friends. A related thing, [B]perceived ease of modification[/B]. In, say, videogames, when one thinks "oh my God I love Call of Duty so much, what if it was like Star Wars, with blasters and stuff?", modifying the game to be Star Wars is not really an option. You can do that, sure, but for an average gamer, it's an insurmountable task — it's obviously easier to look for a Star Wars first-person shooter that it is to mod stormtroopers into Call of Duty. IN TTRPGs, you don't need to know how to code, or make 3d models or levels or sound design. You just need to know how to write. The perceived amount of effort required to homebrew Star Wars D&D is, at least, comparable to the perceived amount of effort required to learn a new system. Post AD&D 1E complexity of the game also is a factor — after studying 300+ page behemoth of a rulebook for your first game, it's reasonable to assume that other games are just as damn heavy. The [B]cultural significance[/B]. There's no "normie" word for videogames. Like, an average person who is even just vaguely interested in vidya ain't gonna call them all "Call of Duty". Call of Duty, however big, way damn bigger than D&D will ever be, is still [I]a[/I] videogame. There's a "normie" word for TTRPGs — it's "D&D". Dungeons and Dragons is [I]the[/I] tabletop roleplaying game. [/QUOTE]

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