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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8704523" data-attributes="member: 86653">It's possible. But not likely. A whole lot of 5E's popularity is resurgent nostalgia and a new fad wave. There's no telling when and how those will wane. It could be with the revision, it could be the next edition change, it could be when the movie, etc saturates the market, etc. We don't know. But it will (most likely) happen.&nbsp; It is a confluence of several big factors. That's not sustainable. But WotC has done a good job capitalizing on it and bootstrapping their IP into bigger and bigger things. We're back at the major motion picture stage. There was one in 2000...with two sequels that no one talks about...and now 23 years later, they're trying again. Critical Role and other live plays. Nostalgia from grownup '80s fad players. On and on. But, it will end...at some point. Fad lose their luster. At best, the new fad players will filter into the wider RPG space and start playing other games. At worst, the new fad players will leave the hobby entirely. Something in the middle is more likely. They hold onto their 5E books and play just that. They leave the hobby for a decade or two then come back as another wave of nostalgia players. Who knows.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8704523, member: 86653"] It's possible. But not likely. A whole lot of 5E's popularity is resurgent nostalgia and a new fad wave. There's no telling when and how those will wane. It could be with the revision, it could be the next edition change, it could be when the movie, etc saturates the market, etc. We don't know. But it will (most likely) happen. It is a confluence of several big factors. That's not sustainable. But WotC has done a good job capitalizing on it and bootstrapping their IP into bigger and bigger things. We're back at the major motion picture stage. There was one in 2000...with two sequels that no one talks about...and now 23 years later, they're trying again. Critical Role and other live plays. Nostalgia from grownup '80s fad players. On and on. But, it will end...at some point. Fad lose their luster. At best, the new fad players will filter into the wider RPG space and start playing other games. At worst, the new fad players will leave the hobby entirely. Something in the middle is more likely. They hold onto their 5E books and play just that. They leave the hobby for a decade or two then come back as another wave of nostalgia players. Who knows. [/QUOTE]

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