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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 8523290" data-attributes="member: 50987">Yes, I would say that today's D&amp;D reflects the popular fantasy media of our time...but &quot;our time&quot; doesn't necessarily mean today's date.&nbsp; I think it is closer to each of our developmental years.&nbsp; The period we grew up in.Take a look at the popular books, movies, and comics from the early to mid 1950s, and compare it to the original D&amp;D game.&nbsp; The authors of OD&amp;D likely grew up reading and watching them, and so that influence really carried through when they started writing the material 20-something years later.Then look at the popular fantasy books and movies that were popular in the 1970s and 1980s, and and compare it to the published 2nd and 3rd Edition adventures.&nbsp;&nbsp; Consider the material being published today for 5E D&amp;D, and compare it to the video games, movies, books, and comics that were popular back in 2000.&nbsp; Yeah, we've still got LotR influence in there, but we also have anime and MMORPGs and Critical Role. Also--bit of a tangent-- I feel that LotR's continued influence in 4E/5E wasn't D&amp;D tradition; I think its a resurgence thanks to the immensely popular Peter Jackson movies of the early 00s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 8523290, member: 50987"] Yes, I would say that today's D&D reflects the popular fantasy media of our time...but "our time" doesn't necessarily mean today's date. I think it is closer to each of our developmental years. The period we grew up in. Take a look at the popular books, movies, and comics from the early to mid 1950s, and compare it to the original D&D game. The authors of OD&D likely grew up reading and watching them, and so that influence really carried through when they started writing the material 20-something years later. Then look at the popular fantasy books and movies that were popular in the 1970s and 1980s, and and compare it to the published 2nd and 3rd Edition adventures. Consider the material being published today for 5E D&D, and compare it to the video games, movies, books, and comics that were popular back in 2000. Yeah, we've still got LotR influence in there, but we also have anime and MMORPGs and Critical Role. Also--bit of a tangent-- I feel that LotR's continued influence in 4E/5E wasn't D&D tradition; I think its a [I]resurgence [/I]thanks to the immensely popular Peter Jackson movies of the early 00s. [/QUOTE]

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