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<blockquote data-quote="rounser" data-source="post: 77913" data-attributes="member: 1106">True, true.A short list of D&amp;D's main strengths might be:1) D&amp;D's rules are simple enough to not get in the way of telling a story.2) The player base for D&amp;D is massive. (Dancey seems fond of pointing out this strength.)3) D&amp;D has a huge number of adventures written for it, many of which cater for the appealing theme of dungeon crawling.4) D&amp;D has multiple, highly detailed campaign settings, is not married to any particular published setting, and is easy to worldbuild for.5) D&amp;D has a host of imaginative and varied monsters to populate campaign worlds, not just ones drawn from mythology.6) D&amp;D has a wide variety of quirky and powerful magic items to serve as rewards that players can lust after.7) D&amp;D has a wide range of flavourful spells, some still bearing the names of their in-game creators.8) D&amp;D has simple archetypes to latch on to, and a rules system that reinforces these archetypes.9) D&amp;D is easy to modify and house-rule, which is appealing to gamers with a designer streak (which is just about all of them).10) D&amp;D is easy to create adventures for. (Often overlooked; stat intensive systems often aren't easy to make NPCs for.)11) D&amp;D uses a wide range of polyhedral dice, which is fun.&nbsp; It also uses what is arguably the funkiest die, the d20, most of all.Any others?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rounser, post: 77913, member: 1106"] True, true. A short list of D&D's main strengths might be: 1) D&D's rules are simple enough to not get in the way of telling a story. 2) The player base for D&D is massive. (Dancey seems fond of pointing out this strength.) 3) D&D has a huge number of adventures written for it, many of which cater for the appealing theme of dungeon crawling. 4) D&D has multiple, highly detailed campaign settings, is not married to any particular published setting, and is easy to worldbuild for. 5) D&D has a host of imaginative and varied monsters to populate campaign worlds, not just ones drawn from mythology. 6) D&D has a wide variety of quirky and powerful magic items to serve as rewards that players can lust after. 7) D&D has a wide range of flavourful spells, some still bearing the names of their in-game creators. 8) D&D has simple archetypes to latch on to, and a rules system that reinforces these archetypes. 9) D&D is easy to modify and house-rule, which is appealing to gamers with a designer streak (which is just about all of them). 10) D&D is easy to create adventures for. (Often overlooked; stat intensive systems often aren't easy to make NPCs for.) 11) D&D uses a wide range of polyhedral dice, which is fun. It also uses what is arguably the funkiest die, the d20, most of all. Any others? [/QUOTE]

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