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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 8911826" data-attributes="member: 7035894">This is a bit of a chicken and egg argument. I think the recent wave of popularity for D&amp;D is mostly rooted in demographics, as the first big D&amp;D cohort from the 1980/90s reached an age to come back to the game, either themselves or by buying it for their teenaged kid. Some of those same 80/90s kids are also prominent in the entertainment business now, and bring their formative influences with them. I think both WotC and 3PP for D&amp;D have equally benefitted from this, as well as from the rise of YouTube and live play culture. Then there was the pandemic, which created a lot of extra cash on hand.There are a lot of intersecting reasons why D&amp;D exploded in recent years, and I think any argument that tries to reduce it to &quot;high production values&quot; or a plethora of 3PP or whatever is only telling a small part of the story.I think that Hasbro could not have picked a worse moment to pick this fight. D&amp;D is probably on the wane, and they've got various plans in motion to try to stem that and build on the brand. Instead they have shot themselves in both feet. It's astounding to witness.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 8911826, member: 7035894"] This is a bit of a chicken and egg argument. I think the recent wave of popularity for D&D is mostly rooted in demographics, as the first big D&D cohort from the 1980/90s reached an age to come back to the game, either themselves or by buying it for their teenaged kid. Some of those same 80/90s kids are also prominent in the entertainment business now, and bring their formative influences with them. I think both WotC and 3PP for D&D have equally benefitted from this, as well as from the rise of YouTube and live play culture. Then there was the pandemic, which created a lot of extra cash on hand. There are a lot of intersecting reasons why D&D exploded in recent years, and I think any argument that tries to reduce it to "high production values" or a plethora of 3PP or whatever is only telling a small part of the story. I think that Hasbro could not have picked a [I]worse[/I] moment to pick this fight. D&D is probably on the wane, and they've got various plans in motion to try to stem that and build on the brand. Instead they have shot themselves in both feet. It's astounding to witness. [/QUOTE]

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