D&D General What are your D&D gaming practices?

[SkidAce]

From Thanking Our Community for a Great 2024 (Dec 20, 2024):
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that does say users....

 

[Clint_L]

From Thanking Our Community for a Great 2024 (Dec 20, 2024):
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Right, so all that is saying is there are 19 million users. That’s a lot different than active players. As I pointed out, I personally have brought hundreds of players onto DDB, all of whom now have accounts and would be considered users, but most of whom no longer play.

Same goes for their reference to “85 million fans.” What does that mean, exactly? People who had “interacted” with D&D over its lifetime? People who like Stranger Things, Honour Among Thieves, actual plays? People who have given D&D a positive rating when being polled on brand awareness? How was this number produced?

WotC’s press release language is always very cagey when it comes to numbers. We get better information from things like shareholder reports, though that too is subject to spin.

 

[Kobold Stew]

I mean that there's a lot of negativity towards using online tools generally and DDB specifically on this forum. Which is not surprising because this forum skews way older than the D&D player base.

Thanks. I guess I have been oblivious to the hate. /shrug.

 

[jmartkdr2]

Thanks. I guess I have been oblivious to the hate. /shrug.

There’s a contingent of gamers who see pencil & paper ttrpgs as an escape from computers, a chance to get away from screens and buttons and get in front of people and use your imagination.

When the hobby was new, that wasn’t really much of a feature but these days it’s quite a thing.

(I use board games for this purpose - I roleplay online or Pathfinder)

 

[SothFan]

There’s a contingent of gamers who see pencil & paper ttrpgs as an escape from computers, a chance to get away from screens and buttons and get in front of people and use your imagination.

I wonder if this is a long term thing for that guy from tge Critical Role interview who said people should put less production into game video and get back to playing normally. His previous character was Fresh Cut Grass, so is he telling people to unplug and go touch grass?

 

[GrimCo]

There’s a contingent of gamers who see pencil & paper ttrpgs as an escape from computers, a chance to get away from screens and buttons and get in front of people and use your imagination.

Both groups i play with and pretty much all the people i know that play ttrpg see them that way. As fun activity to do with friends in person and time away from screens. Sure, rules check is way easier with quick srd check than flipping book pages, but for most part, game is played screen free with real in face social interaction among people.

When the hobby was new, that wasn’t really much of a feature but these days it’s quite a thing

These days, this is one of the main selling points when i talk with other parents about kid's hobbies. Less screens, more in person communication and active imagination development. Friend of mine started to implementing ttrpg-s in his preschool group. Kids love it.

 

[haakon1]

the vast majority of the D&D player base is in Canada, the US, and (to a lesser degree) Britain

Is that a stat you saw, or a guess? I mean, I could believe it, but I bought D&D stuff in Singapore and have a Brazilian friend who loved the D&D cartoon, and I know Living campaigns covered European and other countries, so I could also not believe it.

 

[Libertad]

I paid for Roll20 back in the day, but stopped using it a while ago. I bought Foundry VTT and some products on there. I have played in and ran games on Discord, but I don't pay for that platform.

Got some official sourcebooks on D&D Beyond, and I am subscribed to several Patreon content creators. Namely Loot Tavern, Griffon's Saddlebag, Dungeon Dudes, Ed Greenwood, Keith Baker, and Sly Flourish

I use a variety of free gaming tools, such as Kobold Plus Encounter Builder.

I watch quite a number of D&D related YouTube channels. The Dungeon Dudes are the primary Actual Play podcast I watch every day. I watched Dungeons & Daddies a while ago and found them hilarious, and enjoyed 3d6 Down the Line, but watching more than 1 AP at a time was too hard to do.

For non-AP content I watch Dungeon Dudes, Matt Colville, Ed Greenwood's YouTube channel, William SRD for documentary-style deep dives, and Treantmonk's Temple and Pack Tactics for Character Optimization.

 

[Maxperson]

People choosing option A as "show me the results" whilst choosing not to participate in the survey.

I believe the point was that everyone is supposed to be clicking option A, so option A should be at a minimum equal to the number of votes to hang out here, and probably should be higher since as you note, some would be clicking only A. It's lower, though, indicating that some folks don't read before voting or else don't care about the OP's request.