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<blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 7444903" data-attributes="member: 12377">I feel like most people were not answering it that way. Reading the responses, it looks like most people are comparing pen&amp;paper role-playing versus other forms of entertainment.There are a couple of responses mentioning &quot;product&quot; as a reason for playing D&amp;D versus other RPGs. This is one of the main reason I play D&amp;D; the product support, including 3rd-party products, is astounding. The other reason (not listed in the survey) is the huge player base. It's super easy to find D&amp;D players and just sit down and play. This is similar to &quot;social aspect.&quot; I'd also say that D&amp;D does &quot;fantasy aspect&quot; better than most other RPGs; the long legacy of settings, novels, and lore make it super easy to shift your imagination into D&amp;D mode.When compared to other RPGs, the idea of playing D&amp;D for &quot;co-op&quot; or &quot;storytelling&quot; is laughable -- so many other RPGs do those things much, much better. I mean, you can absolutely have fun doing those things in D&amp;D (and I do), but they are not a coherent reason to choose D&amp;D over other RPGs. I suspect many of the people who answered that way choose RPGs for &quot;co-op&quot; or &quot;storytelling,&quot; and choose D&amp;D for other reasons, and it just happens to be sufficient for their &quot;co-op&quot; or &quot;storytelling&quot; needs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="77IM, post: 7444903, member: 12377"] I feel like most people were not answering it that way. Reading the responses, it looks like most people are comparing pen&paper role-playing versus other forms of entertainment. There are a couple of responses mentioning "product" as a reason for playing D&D versus other RPGs. This is one of the main reason I play D&D; the product support, including 3rd-party products, is astounding. The other reason (not listed in the survey) is the huge player base. It's super easy to find D&D players and just sit down and play. This is similar to "social aspect." I'd also say that D&D does "fantasy aspect" better than most other RPGs; the long legacy of settings, novels, and lore make it super easy to shift your imagination into D&D mode. When compared to other RPGs, the idea of playing D&D for "co-op" or "storytelling" is laughable -- so many other RPGs do those things much, much better. I mean, you can absolutely have fun doing those things in D&D (and I do), but they are not a coherent reason to choose D&D over other RPGs. I suspect many of the people who answered that way choose [I]RPGs[/I] for "co-op" or "storytelling," and choose [I]D&D[/I] for other reasons, and it just happens to be sufficient for their "co-op" or "storytelling" needs. [/QUOTE]

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