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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5535977" data-attributes="member: 22779">How many people play D&amp;D in any form?How many people play a given edition of D&amp;D at this time?How has this changed in the past year?&nbsp; Two years?&nbsp; Five years?Sure, right after the 3e bubble when D&amp;D was as popular as it had ever been in its entire history, possibly even rivalling the popularity of the early 80's, you couldn't find another game that was coming close.&nbsp; Ok, I'll agree with that.But, is that the bar now?&nbsp; That for D&amp;D to be &quot;successful&quot; it has to be as successful or more successful than it every has been in the past?&nbsp; Wouldn't that mean that D&amp;D has been failing for most of its history?&nbsp; You've 30 years of D&amp;D, and about 6 years of D&amp;D being clearly on top of pile.Is 4e as popular as 3e was in 2001?&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; I don't think anyone would think that.&nbsp; D&amp;D has rarely been that popular.&nbsp; It would have been nice had it pulled the same trick again, but, really that's wishful thinking - too many variables out of everyone's hands.Is Pathfinder more popular than 3e was in, say, 2006?&nbsp; I have no idea.&nbsp; And, I have a sneaking suspicion that very few people do either.&nbsp; I have a Dragon from that era talking about the RPG having some 100-150 k members.&nbsp; Are there 150 k Pathfinder players?&nbsp; Who knows.Like others, my picture is grey and pretty darn fuzzy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5535977, member: 22779"] How many people play D&D in any form? How many people play a given edition of D&D at this time? How has this changed in the past year? Two years? Five years? Sure, right after the 3e bubble when D&D was as popular as it had ever been in its entire history, possibly even rivalling the popularity of the early 80's, you couldn't find another game that was coming close. Ok, I'll agree with that. But, is that the bar now? That for D&D to be "successful" it has to be as successful or more successful than it every has been in the past? Wouldn't that mean that D&D has been failing for most of its history? You've 30 years of D&D, and about 6 years of D&D being clearly on top of pile. Is 4e as popular as 3e was in 2001? Nope. I don't think anyone would think that. D&D has rarely been that popular. It would have been nice had it pulled the same trick again, but, really that's wishful thinking - too many variables out of everyone's hands. Is Pathfinder more popular than 3e was in, say, 2006? I have no idea. And, I have a sneaking suspicion that very few people do either. I have a Dragon from that era talking about the RPG having some 100-150 k members. Are there 150 k Pathfinder players? Who knows. Like others, my picture is grey and pretty darn fuzzy. [/QUOTE]

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