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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8253804" data-attributes="member: 7023840">IMO, the issue is even simpler ... yet more complicated.D&amp;D is not the default fantasy TTRPG. D&amp;D is the default TTRPG, period. Which can complicate things.To be explicit- for almost anyone who does not play TTRPGs, if you ask them about it, they will understand TTRPGs as being, well, D&amp;D. That's what a TTRPG is to them.And even within the universe of those who play TTRPGs, the majority of people who play, right now, today, are playing D&amp;D. And if you throw in all the editions of D&amp;D, and all the editions of Pathfinder, and all the clones of D&amp;D, and all the games that provide a &quot;D&amp;D&quot; experience using an alternate rule system, we are starting to get close to a very strong majority of TTRPGs.And if you add in the fact that almost all players that are currently playing TTRPGs, are familiar with D&amp;D and likely have played it ... well throw all of that into a blender, and eventually you get to the point where it is not sufficient to call D&amp;D the default fantasy setting, but the default setting for a TTRPG. In a weird way, Warcraft FRPG, CoC, Traveler, the new Alien, BiTD, Star Trek Adventures, whatever ... they all have in common that they are not D&amp;D (or a D&amp;D equivalent). In a certain way, I think that the original question is misleading; there is no default sci-fi (Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, Battletech, Paranoia, Ghostbusters are all sci-fi, yet all different TTRPGs to use an easy example, just as early Gamma World and Star Frontiers were both sci-fi, yet different), but everything ends up measured against the 800lb gorilla.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8253804, member: 7023840"] IMO, the issue is even simpler ... yet more complicated. D&D is not the default [I]fantasy [/I]TTRPG. D&D is the default TTRPG, period. Which can complicate things. To be explicit- for almost anyone who does not play TTRPGs, if you ask them about it, they will understand TTRPGs as being, well, D&D. That's what a TTRPG is to them. And even within the universe of those who play TTRPGs, the majority of people who play, right now, today, are playing D&D. And if you throw in all the editions of D&D, and all the editions of Pathfinder, and all the clones of D&D, and all the games that provide a "D&D" experience using an alternate rule system, we are starting to get close to a very strong majority of TTRPGs. And if you add in the fact that almost all players that are currently playing TTRPGs, are familiar with D&D and likely have played it ... well throw all of that into a blender, and eventually you get to the point where it is not sufficient to call D&D the default fantasy setting, but the default setting for a TTRPG. In a weird way, Warcraft FRPG, CoC, Traveler, the new Alien, BiTD, Star Trek Adventures, whatever ... they all have in common that they are not D&D (or a D&D equivalent). In a certain way, I think that the original question is misleading; there is no default sci-fi (Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien, Battletech, Paranoia, Ghostbusters are all sci-fi, yet all different TTRPGs to use an easy example, just as early Gamma World and Star Frontiers were both sci-fi, yet different), but everything ends up measured against the 800lb gorilla. [/QUOTE]

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