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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evileeyore" data-source="post: 6353032" data-attributes="member: 1768">My anecdotal evidence belies your statement.In my last group D&D was simply the game "no one hated so much we wouldn't play it".4 of us 'preferred' GURPS*. 1 was a Rolemaster fanatic.  One was an "and girlfriend" who played whatever was on the table (good roleplayer, lousy with rules).*Out of that 4 one was a CoC fanatic, one a CP2020 fanatic, one liked both GURPS and AD&D equally, and I'm the GURPS fanatic.We tended to play D&D because it does mindless fantasy better (and had far more published modules and campaigns than other systems).  But we did run other games (notably Shadowrun and GURPS).My previous group played a mix of total a homebrew system (used for sci-fi military and dark fantasy games) and Masterbook games (Shatterzone and a home campaign based on Cast A Deadly Spell).The previous group played Shadowrun, Call of Cthulhu, Warhammer Fantasy, and V:tM.The previous group played GURPS (my high school group, I was the ST and had just discovered GURPS).The previous group played AD&D, Star Frontiers, Gamma World, Call of Cthulhu, and D&D BECMI (because I was the DM and those were what I owned).The previous group was my first (early '80's) and we played D&D BECMI, Rolemaster, Star Frontiers, Gamma World, Top Secret, Boot Hill, Paranoia, Call of Cthulhu, and some homebrew stuff (which was mostly us doodling about with the way rules worked).In all but the last group (or first if you want to count it that way) the other players were involved in other gaming groups where D&D was but one system of many that they enjoyed.  Indeed, I've only met a few people in my 30ish years of gaming who've only ever played one game system.  And only two people who were so "invested" in playing only one system that they'd actually turn down playing another system.</blockquote>

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