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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6305375" data-attributes="member: 5143">As a side note, I think that tabletop gaming is increasing.  However, I think that is driven mostly by Board Games and less by Roleplaying Games.  I believe most of those studies combined the two.  I agree that RPGing is dying down.Half my friends stopped playing when the 4e and Pathfinder split happened.  Most of them say there is too much drama in the community and don't want to be involved.  A bunch switched to Pathfinder.  The ones that stuck with 4e slowly stopped attending events over time as it was more and more clear that WOTC didn't want to support 4e and was making a 5e.D&D Encounters used to have 3 to 4 tables a week at our local store.  They have none now since all the DMs got fed up with 4e.  Pathfinder society is flourishing but is not as big as Living Greyhawk was in its heyday.Most people I know have no idea that a 5e is coming out, that there has been a playtest, or have kept up to date on any knowledge of D&D at all.  They've written off the hobby as either dead or only consisting of Pathfinder now.The Edition Warring just above me shows a fairly typical attitude.  Either Pathfinder destroyed the industry for capitalizing on WOTC's weakness or WOTC ruined the industry by betraying all their fans and making a game nobody liked.  It's hard to get anyone excited about the new edition because no one even wants to be in the same room with the enemy.</blockquote>

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