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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 7768543" data-attributes="member: 5142">Agreed. He could have made his point better by simply pointing out true trends within D&amp;D's editions. There is a move towards greater player-empowerment, even if 5e was a move back towards GM-empowerment. There is less lethality and are more ways to prevent a player death or TPK. Magic is more accessible. There is hit points inflation. There is an increased facade that D&amp;D is not rooted in wargaming. There is less competitive D&amp;D play. The game has expanded its core playstyle assumptions requiring that the game be cognizant of and support the reality that people play the same game differently [insert comparison to Milton Bradley's discovery about how Monopoly was played]. The dungeon crawl is a mode of play but not the mode of play. There are clearly trends of play and design within D&amp;D. And perhaps before extrapolating about trends within the TTRPG hobby on the whole, it would have helped if they initially examined within the culture of D&amp;D. D&amp;D does not exist in a vacuum, being subjected to outside gaming trends, but it does appear his principle concern as the elephant in the room.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 7768543, member: 5142"] Agreed. He could have made his point better by simply pointing out true trends within D&D's editions. There is a move towards greater player-empowerment, even if 5e was a move back towards GM-empowerment. There is less lethality and are more ways to prevent a player death or TPK. Magic is more accessible. There is hit points inflation. There is an increased facade that D&D is not rooted in wargaming. There is less competitive D&D play. The game has expanded its core playstyle assumptions requiring that the game be cognizant of and support the reality that people play the same game differently [insert comparison to Milton Bradley's discovery about how Monopoly was played]. The dungeon crawl is a mode of play but not [I]the[/I] mode of play. There are clearly trends of play and design within D&D. And perhaps before extrapolating about trends within the TTRPG hobby on the whole, it would have helped if they initially examined within the culture of D&D. D&D does not exist in a vacuum, being subjected to outside gaming trends, but it does appear his principle concern as the elephant in the room. [/QUOTE]

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