How is there not just a fork of this or something? My understanding most of what they could come after is just stuff borrowed from Tolkien and the like and would never stick. Or I don’t know, just play with a 30 year old rule book because who gives a fuck if the illustrious DND overlords changed something.
There is, tons of them, though the indie RPG scene is as faggy as all other indie scenes.
There's an entire genre of RPG that is just rewriting old editions of D&D because the editing and formatting of that game have always been atrocious (my baby, 4e, being the exception, obviously).
It's occasionally a hard sell, though, especially expanding outwards to new blood.
They're all interested in the latest and "greatest" edition, because that's what the marketing tells them is the best and only thing worth talking about (see saturation on social media).
I'm part of a group of four that are playing basic D&D via Old School Essentials and it's been kind of difficult to convince others, the same way it might be difficult to get people to watch an old movie or read an old book.
One could say the person who's so easily swayed by shiny keys shaking in front of them isn't the kind of person you'd want to play with (of which I would wholeheartedly agree) but if anything, more people are falling into the Consoom mindset with each passing generation.
Ultimately, if they aren't at least a little bit introspective of what they want out of a game, they probably aren't going to be worth playing with long-term.
I would think edition turnover would be a good time to recruit. I didn't follow WotC into 5e and it's probably the best thing to happen to me, RPG-wise.
How is there not just a fork of this or something? My understanding most of what they could come after is just stuff borrowed from Tolkien and the like and would never stick. Or I don’t know, just play with a 30 year old rule book because who gives a fuck if the illustrious DND overlords changed something.
There is, tons of them, though the indie RPG scene is as faggy as all other indie scenes.
There's an entire genre of RPG that is just rewriting old editions of D&D because the editing and formatting of that game have always been atrocious (my baby, 4e, being the exception, obviously).
It's occasionally a hard sell, though, especially expanding outwards to new blood.
They're all interested in the latest and "greatest" edition, because that's what the marketing tells them is the best and only thing worth talking about (see saturation on social media).
I'm part of a group of four that are playing basic D&D via Old School Essentials and it's been kind of difficult to convince others, the same way it might be difficult to get people to watch an old movie or read an old book.
One could say the person who's so easily swayed by shiny keys shaking in front of them isn't the kind of person you'd want to play with (of which I would wholeheartedly agree) but if anything, more people are falling into the Consoom mindset with each passing generation.
You can try pitching it with consoom buzzwords ("OSE is the Dark Souls of D&D!"): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z1eO8PjVoYA
Ultimately, if they aren't at least a little bit introspective of what they want out of a game, they probably aren't going to be worth playing with long-term.
I would think edition turnover would be a good time to recruit. I didn't follow WotC into 5e and it's probably the best thing to happen to me, RPG-wise.