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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RareBreed" data-source="post: 9243060" data-attributes="member: 6945590">I would say good for them <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I am not saying everyone must play a variety of TTRPGs.  But TTRPGs, are a combination of many things.  They are part art, part entertainment, part hobby, and part education.EDIT: The emphases should be must play. You can always choose not to play at all.  It's a hobby and we all only have a limited amount of time to spend on a hobby<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you are going to watch TV, should you only watch one show?  or one genre?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you are going to eat pizza, should it only ever be with one set of toppings from the same restaurant?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you are going to read books, should it only ever be from one author, or one genre?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you are going to listen to music, should it only be from one artist or one genre?</li> </ul>You don't have to watch TV, or eat pizza, or read books, or listen to music.  You can get information and entertainment from other sources.  You could watch movies instead, or surf the web.  Ok, so lets try that exercise again<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you are going to watch movies, should it only be one franchise, or one genre?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you are going to surf the web, should it only be from one website?</li> </ul>Do you see the pattern yet?I watch a variety of shows and movies.  I listen to everything from classical to rock.  I have books on my bookshelf from religion, philosophy, computer science, math, anthropology and diet and nutrition just to name a few.  I play computer games from real-time strategy, to simultation, to roleplaying, to FPS.In fact, I'd say there's something almost kind of unique about TTRPG'ers.  It's about the only hobby I am aware of, where many of its hobbyists only want to participate in a single form of its expression.  My mom loves gardening and loves lillies, but she also plants roses, dahlias, and many more.  Most sports fans I know of love more than a single sport.  PC and console gamers play all kinds of new games.I'm not sure what it is why the TTRPG hobby has quite a few people who only want to play a single genre or even a single game system in a single setting.  I honestly can't think of other hobby's with this (perhaps some art or music because it takes a very long time to build up skill with a single instrument, but even there, most musicians will play music from many periods).</blockquote>

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