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<blockquote data-quote="Some Dude" data-source="post: 9858900" data-attributes="member: 6980080">As someone who thinks D&amp;D being the de facto face of the hobby is a bad thing, I was really hoping the OGL would disappear. And take D&amp;D's dominance with it.The architects of the OGL have admitted that it was designed to curtail interest in non-D&amp;D rulesets. And it's led to everyone trying to cram every possible concept into a D&amp;D-shaped box, no matter how ill-fitting it is. It's also given us the repetitive creative bankruptcy of large swaths of the OSR.They say a rising tide lifts all boats, but the D&amp;D juggernaut has been actively drilling holes in other games' hulls since at least the '80s.Which isn't to say I think D&amp;D is a bad game. I'm preparing a 1/2E campaign as we speak. But D&amp;D, as a steward of the hobby, has been terrible. Besides, there are any number of better designed games out there that are more fun and interesting than D&amp;D. Hell, there are plenty of worse designed games that are more fun and interesting than D&amp;D.Again, I don't hate D&amp;D (though I'm definitely an older editions/OSR guy - 5E bores me to tears). But I think it's been reigning over the hobby for far longer than it deserves.I just don't understand the Stockholm Syndrome gamers have with D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Some Dude, post: 9858900, member: 6980080"] As someone who thinks D&D being the de facto face of the hobby is a bad thing, I was really hoping the OGL would disappear. And take D&D's dominance with it. The architects of the OGL have admitted that it was designed to curtail interest in non-D&D rulesets. And it's led to everyone trying to cram every possible concept into a D&D-shaped box, no matter how ill-fitting it is. It's also given us the repetitive creative bankruptcy of large swaths of the OSR. They say a rising tide lifts all boats, but the D&D juggernaut has been actively drilling holes in other games' hulls since at least the '80s. Which isn't to say I think D&D is a bad game. I'm preparing a 1/2E campaign as we speak. But D&D, as a steward of the hobby, has been [I]terrible.[/I] Besides, there are any number of better designed games out there that are more fun and interesting than D&D. Hell, there are plenty of [I]worse[/I] designed games that are more fun and interesting than D&D. Again, I don't hate D&D (though I'm definitely an older editions/OSR guy - 5E bores me to tears). But I think it's been reigning over the hobby for far longer than it deserves. I just don't understand the Stockholm Syndrome gamers have with D&D. [/QUOTE]

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