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<blockquote data-quote="Akodoken" data-source="post: 7613287" data-attributes="member: 6702840">I'm not an insider and I haven't seen much insight on what was going on behind the scenes but you might be right.Either way, D&amp;D 5E definitely benefited from the edition at the &quot;right time and place&quot; to help it explode. I see 5E as kind of a D&amp;D Lite edition which is actually perfect for introducing new people into the game. All this coincided with the nerd culture explosion as you said and the advent of VTT/streaming popularity. It was a perfect storm, so to speak.Familiarity is one ingredient in that recipe and that is something 4E lacked to a certain degree. Something I have been thinking about for a bit now, I am getting ready to start a D&amp;D campaign with my kids. I asked them what edition they want to play. I assumed they would say 5E but they unanimously voted for 4E. We discussed it at length. That was the edition they started with. That IS Dungeons &amp; Dragons as far as they are concerned and D&amp;D 5E doesn't live up to their standards of what they consider the best edition to play. I had never realized that point of view until they pointed it out to me. Their second choice was Pathfinder and 5E came in third. My eyes were opened. It was very interesting to me.As for sabotage, I do feel Mike didn't support it as well as it should have been supported but I don't know that it was &quot;actively sabotaged.&quot; Maybe you know something I don't know.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Akodoken, post: 7613287, member: 6702840"] I'm not an insider and I haven't seen much insight on what was going on behind the scenes but you might be right. Either way, D&D 5E definitely benefited from the edition at the "right time and place" to help it explode. I see 5E as kind of a D&D Lite edition which is actually perfect for introducing new people into the game. All this coincided with the nerd culture explosion as you said and the advent of VTT/streaming popularity. It was a perfect storm, so to speak. Familiarity is one ingredient in that recipe and that is something 4E lacked to a certain degree. Something I have been thinking about for a bit now, I am getting ready to start a D&D campaign with my kids. I asked them what edition they want to play. I assumed they would say 5E but they unanimously voted for 4E. We discussed it at length. That was the edition they started with. That IS Dungeons & Dragons as far as they are concerned and D&D 5E doesn't live up to their standards of what they consider the best edition to play. I had never realized that point of view until they pointed it out to me. Their second choice was Pathfinder and 5E came in third. My eyes were opened. It was very interesting to me. As for sabotage, I do feel Mike didn't support it as well as it should have been supported but I don't know that it was "actively sabotaged." Maybe you know something I don't know. [/QUOTE]

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