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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7272793" data-attributes="member: 22779">See, but that's the problem.&nbsp; Empire of the Petal Throne is pretty concurrent with D&amp;D.&nbsp; They came out about the same time, as well as a few other RPG's.&nbsp; Yet, D&amp;D is the only one that people know.&nbsp; Outside of gaming geeks like us anyway.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />So, how do we account for the MASSIVE different in reception?&nbsp; What's different from D&amp;D than EPT?&nbsp; What is it about D&amp;D that makes it the perennial top dog, to the point where every other RPG is a rounding error?I'd say that the strong Tolkien influence on D&amp;D which makes it immediately recognizable to anyone with even a passing interest in fantasy would be a strong contender here.&nbsp; I mean, why are the standard races those particular races?&nbsp; Elf, dwarf, halfling?&nbsp; It's not like those are particularly present in any other fantasy outside of those with direct lineage to Tolkien.&nbsp; Like I've said, I'm no fan of Tolkien.&nbsp; But, realistically, AFAIC, you cannot overestimate the impact Tolkien has on both Fantasy as a genre and D&amp;D in specific.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7272793, member: 22779"] See, but that's the problem. Empire of the Petal Throne is pretty concurrent with D&D. They came out about the same time, as well as a few other RPG's. Yet, D&D is the only one that people know. Outside of gaming geeks like us anyway. :D So, how do we account for the MASSIVE different in reception? What's different from D&D than EPT? What is it about D&D that makes it the perennial top dog, to the point where every other RPG is a rounding error? I'd say that the strong Tolkien influence on D&D which makes it immediately recognizable to anyone with even a passing interest in fantasy would be a strong contender here. I mean, why are the standard races those particular races? Elf, dwarf, halfling? It's not like those are particularly present in any other fantasy outside of those with direct lineage to Tolkien. Like I've said, I'm no fan of Tolkien. But, realistically, AFAIC, you cannot overestimate the impact Tolkien has on both Fantasy as a genre and D&D in specific. [/QUOTE]

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