Sigh.

I'm sure companies like Chaosium, Lumpley and Paizo are just loving the idea of low sales and small playerbases, right?

First of all—I never once said that 5e was the best or that all other TTRPGs are crap. I said it was a fantastic system (among other fantastic systems) and that other TTRPGs can aspire to its successes which cannot be denied.

... but of course...

Redditor acktuallies have to explain to me how D&D isn't the right kind of successful, right?

Secondly... wtf did you "fix" in my phrasing? Are you trying to be clever?

Do you really thing Critical Role, Stranger Things, and covid have done more for the gaming community that the game... the vehicle itself???.

D&D is the vessel. D&D is the backbone—the *brand* that brought people to the table. Are you seriously kidding?

If you honestly think that decades of name recognition, lore and history have no merit, then I can't even begin to discuss this with you.