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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8889226" data-attributes="member: 4534">Several D&amp;D novels have made the New York Times bestseller lists in years past.&nbsp; That's what I call good evidence in favor of mass appeal.&nbsp; The basic plot of the original Ravenloft module would make a fantastic movie.&nbsp; Francis Ford Coppala's Bram Stoker's Dracula even used the same plot device with Mina being a reincarnation of Dracula's old love.&nbsp; D&amp;D itself isn't the problem, it's the over reliance of the RPG ecosystem on D&amp;D that's the problem.&nbsp; The fact that ending the OGL is such a big problem for so many publishers is good evidence that the overwhelming dominance of D&amp;D is a bad thing.&nbsp; If D&amp;D was just a big fish, this wouldn't be such a problem, but since D&amp;D is the industry that's why we're in this situation now.&nbsp; Ending the OGL is bad for the hobby, sure, but it's bad for the hobby because it isn't healthy to have one company be the hobby.&nbsp; I've sometimes had a hell of a time finding anyone willing to play something besides D&amp;D.&nbsp; When third edition was first released, I could find tons of D&amp;D players, but most people weren't interested in other games.&nbsp; I did find others who were willing to play a variety of games, some of whom I still game with today, but the D&amp;D only crowd most definitely exists.&nbsp; And very often when I do get them to play another game, they just end up treating it as if they were playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; And I want to be clear, I'm not knocking those who choose to just play D&amp;D.&nbsp; If that's how they want to spend their free time, then who am I to say they're doing something wrong?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 8889226, member: 4534"] Several D&D novels have made the New York Times bestseller lists in years past. That's what I call good evidence in favor of mass appeal. The basic plot of the original Ravenloft module would make a fantastic movie. Francis Ford Coppala's [I]Bram Stoker's Dracula [/I]even used the same plot device with Mina being a reincarnation of Dracula's old love. D&D itself isn't the problem, it's the over reliance of the RPG ecosystem on D&D that's the problem. The fact that ending the OGL is such a big problem for so many publishers is good evidence that the overwhelming dominance of D&D is a bad thing. If D&D was just a big fish, this wouldn't be such a problem, but since D&D [I][U]is[/U][/I] the industry that's why we're in this situation now. Ending the OGL is bad for the hobby, sure, but it's bad for the hobby because it isn't healthy to have one company be the hobby. I've sometimes had a hell of a time finding anyone willing to play something besides D&D. When third edition was first released, I could find tons of D&D players, but most people weren't interested in other games. I did find others who were willing to play a variety of games, some of whom I still game with today, but the D&D only crowd most definitely exists. And very often when I do get them to play another game, they just end up treating it as if they were playing D&D. And I want to be clear, I'm not knocking those who choose to just play D&D. If that's how they want to spend their free time, then who am I to say they're doing something wrong? [/QUOTE]

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