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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 7971637" data-attributes="member: 18">D&D is naturally given to arcs, rather than strict episodic play I think, because of the typical structure of adventures, and I think it's only become more than way since 2E. In 1E, I get the impression a lot of dungeon-crawling was essentially episodic (happy to be corrected on this by actual players of course!), with a group going in, and usually coming out at the end of the session, and maybe not necessarily even going in with the same members next time.Whereas with both 2E and more story-plot-oriented RPGs becoming a bigger thing in the late 1980s and early 1990s, arc-based stories became more and more of a thing. I always wonder how much this interacted with the move to arc-format TV, especially for genre shows (which had been typically episodic prior to the late '90s, indeed it didn't really fully swap until well into the 2000s), because I know several people involved with that changeover had been RPG DMs or players when younger (Joss Whedon being the obvious example). There might be no connection, but I find it interesting.</blockquote>