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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vorpal Puppy" data-source="post: 5825477" data-attributes="member: 87539">But electronics are quickly outmoded by more powerful devices and sequels are a different game entirely.  I don't think D&D is really comparable to either of those.  Books can last a lifetime.  When I play D&D now it's pretty much the same as when I played in the 1980s.  People may use a phone app to roll dice and the DM might have a laptop instead of a stack of books, but the critical elements are the same.  Each new update is just a new way to play the same game.  I don't object to updated versions of the game, just the pace at which they have come out since Hasbro bought Wizards in 1999.  I think these repeated attempts to get people to buy the same books are not good for the long-term health of the brand.  I was being sarcastic when I said 6e would come out in 2018, but how many of you doubt that within 5 years of 5e's launch date there will be some new attempt to get you to buy a new Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide and Monster Manual?  I don't think it much matters how successful this new edition is at bringing players back together.  Does it not bother you that we D&D players are continually asked to buy updates of these same rules that we have spent so much money on in the past?  Obviously it does trouble me.  Perhaps I am just getting cantankerous in my middle age.   'Broken' is one of my least favorite words as it is usually applied to D&D, but that's another post entirely and you are not using it in terms of rules anyhow.  It's a good question and I think the answer depends on your perspective.  From Hasbro's perspective the audience is fragmented, thus denting their chances at maximizing their millions from successive editions of the game.  You might say the audience is broken from that perspective.  From my perspective there are more options than ever before, and tons of good material that I could never hope to get through in my lifetime.  I also have a  stable group, which makes things seem sunnier.  On the other hand there is the Edition War vitriol.  There can be no doubt that as a whole, we D&D fans are a finicky, tough bunch to please.  I'm sure people will disagree with this, but ultimately I don't think the D&D brand is totally necessary for the survival of fantasy roleplaying anymore.  I think that in the future, the same kinds of people who play now will find their way to some other game (Pathfinder?  Something new?) should 'D&D' ultimately get mothballed.  Perhaps our numbers will further dwindle, but people will still publish things and in my opinion the game, under whatever name, will remain vibrant.  Please give yourself a cookie if you read all that.</blockquote>

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