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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8593955" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Why is D&amp;D successful right now?&nbsp; A combination of factors.&nbsp; Marketing, the explosion of youtube content (seriously, there's so much of it now!), the rise of D&amp;D tiktok videos, and the fact that finally, D&amp;D has wholly been embraced by pop culture at large.&nbsp; People know what the game is now, and we're no longer suffering from the &quot;Satanic Panic&quot;.&nbsp; We're not strange nerds in dimly lit rooms uttering incantations and performing strange Rituals (unless we're Tome Pact Warlocks).The bar for entry into the game is low, but not the lowest it's ever been.&nbsp; The bar for DMing isn't the greatest it's ever been either, but there's enough youtube videos to pick up the slack of the DMG.And oofta isn't wrong here, the broad base appeal, while it hasn't made D&amp;D the best game, has somehow created the largest community D&amp;D has ever seen.I mean, think about it, fifteen years ago, you couldn't get the grognards, the optimizers, the storytellers and the NuD&amp;D crowd playing the same game!&nbsp; A lot of times, we hyperbolically despise each other for playing the game wrong, or twisting the &quot;true D&amp;D&quot; (whatever that is) into something it was never meant to be!We're still arguing about what D&amp;D is, but at least now we're doing it in the same room!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8593955, member: 6877472"] Why is D&D successful right now? A combination of factors. Marketing, the explosion of youtube content (seriously, there's so much of it now!), the rise of D&D tiktok videos, and the fact that finally, D&D has wholly been embraced by pop culture at large. People know what the game is now, and we're no longer suffering from the "Satanic Panic". We're not strange nerds in dimly lit rooms uttering incantations and performing strange Rituals (unless we're Tome Pact Warlocks). The bar for entry into the game is low, but not the lowest it's ever been. The bar for DMing isn't the greatest it's ever been either, but there's enough youtube videos to pick up the slack of the DMG. And oofta isn't wrong here, the broad base appeal, while it hasn't made D&D the best game, has somehow created the largest community D&D has ever seen. I mean, think about it, fifteen years ago, you couldn't get the grognards, the optimizers, the storytellers and the NuD&D crowd playing the same game! A lot of times, we hyperbolically despise each other for playing the game wrong, or twisting the "true D&D" (whatever that is) into something it was never meant to be! We're still arguing about what D&D [B]is[/B], but at least now we're doing it in the same room! [/QUOTE]

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