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<blockquote data-quote="Ace" data-source="post: 6250116" data-attributes="member: 944">People have been sharing anecdotes about the doom of D&amp;D probably since 1976 or so (with Holmes) and the scattering since 2e&nbsp; Its nothing new and IMO nothing worth being unduly worried about. Even with the crud global economy lots of D&amp;D is played by many a group.Heck as worthless as anecdotes are I can say&nbsp; In the last few months, my group 20's to 40's have&nbsp; played Pathfinder and that weird black D&amp;D basic&nbsp; starter box and a host of other games, I suspect many groups are doing the same thing. Besides D&amp;D is cheap and with everybody tight these days its a great social hobby. Just recruit some players and the hobby will grow,. Its not super easy, maybe not as easy as in the days of the FLGS but its not hard either&nbsp; That said Hasbro might have a few worries with people switching unless 5e production is more interesting than the playtest. I liked the game well enough but it might be a tough sell and other than the imprimatuer of officiality I don't see any reason to prefer it to the retro-clones or even Pathfinder.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ace, post: 6250116, member: 944"] People have been sharing anecdotes about the doom of D&D probably since 1976 or so (with Holmes) and the scattering since 2e Its nothing new and IMO nothing worth being unduly worried about. Even with the crud global economy lots of D&D is played by many a group.Heck as worthless as anecdotes are I can say In the last few months, my group 20's to 40's have played Pathfinder and that weird black D&D basic starter box and a host of other games, I suspect many groups are doing the same thing. Besides D&D is cheap and with everybody tight these days its a great social hobby. Just recruit some players and the hobby will grow,. Its not super easy, maybe not as easy as in the days of the FLGS but its not hard either That said Hasbro might have a few worries with people switching unless 5e production is more interesting than the playtest. I liked the game well enough but it might be a tough sell and other than the imprimatuer of officiality I don't see any reason to prefer it to the retro-clones or even Pathfinder. [/QUOTE]

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