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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8887157" data-attributes="member: 4534">Okay, maybe it's not bad for WotC or Hasbro.&nbsp; I think we're all in agreement here the role playing game industry, insofar as we can call it an industry, is overwhelmingly dominated by Dungeons &amp; Dragons.&nbsp; It's the oldest, most recognizable property whose very name is synonomous with RPGs for much of the public.&nbsp; Telling a coworker I'm playing Pathfinder this weekend will elicit questions about what that is, whereas telling them I'm playing D&amp;D will only elicit questions like, &quot;Aren't you a little old for that?&quot;&nbsp; I've been gaming for about 35 years now, and D&amp;D is the only game I can think of where I could easily find players for no matter my location.&nbsp; And why is that?&nbsp; Because D&amp;D, pretty much all versions, have been good games.&nbsp; The recent leak of the alleged new OGL from WotC prompted me to question whether it was harmful for D&amp;D to so utterly dominate the market.&nbsp; Yeah, I think it is.&nbsp; It's just not healthy for such a significant chunk of an industry to be so strongly affected by the actions of one company.&nbsp; It's not just a problem that WotC seems to want to change the OGL, it's a problem that it affects so many other publishers, some very seriously.&nbsp; I'm not really sure what, if anything can be done about this, but surly other people see D&amp;D's overwhelming dominance as a bad thing, right?&nbsp; Or am I way off base here?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 8887157, member: 4534"] Okay, maybe it's not bad for WotC or Hasbro. I think we're all in agreement here the role playing game industry, insofar as we can call it an industry, is overwhelmingly dominated by Dungeons & Dragons. It's the oldest, most recognizable property whose very name is synonomous with RPGs for much of the public. Telling a coworker I'm playing Pathfinder this weekend will elicit questions about what that is, whereas telling them I'm playing D&D will only elicit questions like, "Aren't you a little old for that?" I've been gaming for about 35 years now, and D&D is the only game I can think of where I could easily find players for no matter my location. And why is that? Because D&D, pretty much all versions, have been good games. The recent leak of the alleged new OGL from WotC prompted me to question whether it was harmful for D&D to so utterly dominate the market. Yeah, I think it is. It's just not healthy for such a significant chunk of an industry to be so strongly affected by the actions of one company. It's not just a problem that WotC seems to want to change the OGL, it's a problem that it affects so many other publishers, some very seriously. I'm not really sure what, if anything can be done about this, but surly other people see D&D's overwhelming dominance as a bad thing, right? Or am I way off base here? [/QUOTE]

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