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<blockquote data-quote="Wangalade" data-source="post: 9030138" data-attributes="member: 6691437">&quot;The majority of current D&amp;D players started with 5th Edition&quot;This should probably say the majority of 5e dnd players, and players we know about.Even if it is market research and not just a survey, a lot of their data probably comes from many of their online surveys and looking at online numbers on dnd beyond and roll20, etc. They have no idea about the offline space, even of 5e players who play offline. There's really no way to have accurate market data for &quot;d&amp;d&quot; in general because of the nature of play.&nbsp; Someone can buy a single(or 3) book and be playing constantly without wotc ever knowing about it, and this applies to every single edition of dnd over the last 40+ years. So for for wotc to report on total number of players worldwide, or people who have ever played the game, or which edition most people started with, it's not something really based on reality because they have no idea. Now specific numbers from roll20 or dnd beyond or surveys can be more interesting because they are more specific,&nbsp; but when talking about the wider&nbsp; d&amp;d player base, take any blanket statements about that with a grain of salt.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wangalade, post: 9030138, member: 6691437"] "The majority of current D&D players started with 5th Edition" This should probably say the majority of 5e dnd players, and players we know about. Even if it is market research and not just a survey, a lot of their data probably comes from many of their online surveys and looking at online numbers on dnd beyond and roll20, etc. They have no idea about the offline space, even of 5e players who play offline. There's really no way to have accurate market data for "d&d" in general because of the nature of play. Someone can buy a single(or 3) book and be playing constantly without wotc ever knowing about it, and this applies to every single edition of dnd over the last 40+ years. So for for wotc to report on total number of players worldwide, or people who have ever played the game, or which edition most people started with, it's not something really based on reality because they have no idea. Now specific numbers from roll20 or dnd beyond or surveys can be more interesting because they are more specific, but when talking about the wider d&d player base, take any blanket statements about that with a grain of salt. [/QUOTE]

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