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<blockquote data-quote="schneeland" data-source="post: 8888725" data-attributes="member: 6900337">I would say, it's a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it's bad because the dominance of D&amp;D means that D&amp;D basically is the RPG market, so there is a strong incentive to run genres on D&amp;D for which it is not made. And it also creates a situation that's a bit like a world in which Skyrim is the only video game with a meaningful audience, and when you bounce off Skyrim, you might think &quot;yeah, maybe video games are not for me&quot;.On the other hand, for quite a while, RPGs were below the mainstream threshold, and only through the rise of D&amp;D we reached a point, where it is at least &quot;nerd cool&quot; and you don't necessarily get a dismissive look for spending your time with it.I feel it would be healthier if there were at least a handful of equally large players in the RPG space (this was the situation in Germany for the better part of my time with RPGs and only started to shift now that D&amp;D5 is taking over), but unless WotC's recent actions really cause a landslide decline in popularity, I don't see how that would change in the near future.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="schneeland, post: 8888725, member: 6900337"] I would say, it's a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it's bad because the dominance of D&D means that D&D basically is the RPG market, so there is a strong incentive to run genres on D&D for which it is not made. And it also creates a situation that's a bit like a world in which Skyrim is the only video game with a meaningful audience, and when you bounce off Skyrim, you might think "yeah, maybe video games are not for me". On the other hand, for quite a while, RPGs were below the mainstream threshold, and only through the rise of D&D we reached a point, where it is at least "nerd cool" and you don't necessarily get a dismissive look for spending your time with it. I feel it would be healthier if there were at least a handful of equally large players in the RPG space (this was the situation in Germany for the better part of my time with RPGs and only started to shift now that D&D5 is taking over), but unless WotC's recent actions really cause a landslide decline in popularity, I don't see how that would change in the near future. [/QUOTE]

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