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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3789922" data-attributes="member: 48965">You know I was reading over these replies and noticed that the biggest reason is &quot;finding people to play&quot;.&nbsp; I find this interesting, and a little disturbing, as I have gamed with&nbsp; four groups in my time playing rpg's and experienced a different situation.The first group I played in was strictly D&amp;D(okay actually it was a D&amp;D/AD&amp;D hybrid)...in fact I was in grammar school and didn't even know other rpg's existed.The second group I joined in high school, was alot older than me and played a variety of games(Chill, DC Heroes, Shadowrun and yes...Rifts) along with D&amp;D.&nbsp; It was this group that probably shaped my awareness and interest in other games outside of D&amp;D.The third group was again a pure D&amp;D 3.0 group, but I enjoyed it enough at first, and it wasn't my game to run.&nbsp; However after a while I&nbsp; grew a little bored with the same game over and over and ended up dropping out of the group.This was when I decided to form my own group,&nbsp; We started out playing D&amp;D but have since branched out into other games and have found we enjoy some games better, and other games not so much, as D&amp;D 3.5.I guess the point of all this is I really am glad I ran into that second group and had a DM who was willing to try other rpg's.&nbsp; It widened my horizons and opened me up to new things.&nbsp; I guess that's why I don't run D&amp;D exclusively, I want the people I introduce to the hobby to get that same perspective and variety I recieved in that group.&nbsp; If they love D&amp;D and choose to stick with it that's great, if they don't like D&amp;D but get the chance to play something they do like and continue in the hobby that's great to.&nbsp; Anyway just a thought on the replies.EDIT: Another thought, how do more games get played and introduced if everyone runs D&amp;D because it's easier to find players?&nbsp; Isn't this a repeating cycle?&nbsp; Not saying anythings wrong with D&amp;D but I'm just pondering this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 3789922, member: 48965"] You know I was reading over these replies and noticed that the biggest reason is "finding people to play". I find this interesting, and a little disturbing, as I have gamed with four groups in my time playing rpg's and experienced a different situation. The first group I played in was strictly D&D(okay actually it was a D&D/AD&D hybrid)...in fact I was in grammar school and didn't even know other rpg's existed. The second group I joined in high school, was alot older than me and played a variety of games(Chill, DC Heroes, Shadowrun and yes...Rifts) along with D&D. It was this group that probably shaped my awareness and interest in other games outside of D&D. The third group was again a pure D&D 3.0 group, but I enjoyed it enough at first, and it wasn't my game to run. However after a while I grew a little bored with the same game over and over and ended up dropping out of the group. This was when I decided to form my own group, We started out playing D&D but have since branched out into other games and have found we enjoy some games better, and other games not so much, as D&D 3.5. I guess the point of all this is I really am glad I ran into that second group and had a DM who was willing to try other rpg's. It widened my horizons and opened me up to new things. I guess that's why I don't run D&D exclusively, I want the people I introduce to the hobby to get that same perspective and variety I recieved in that group. If they love D&D and choose to stick with it that's great, if they don't like D&D but get the chance to play something they do like and continue in the hobby that's great to. Anyway just a thought on the replies. EDIT: Another thought, how do more games get played and introduced if everyone runs D&D because it's easier to find players? Isn't this a repeating cycle? Not saying anythings wrong with D&D but I'm just pondering this. [/QUOTE]

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