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To be clear what I originally said was "1E is the only version that was more popular than 5E is (at least in print sales)." I do not believe for a second that WOTC has sold more 5E material in print than AD&D 1E and all the versions of BECMI. I don't think 5E has sold as much printed material...

As I stated I don't really believe that is true. I think most new players have played other games and prefer D&D to those other systems. It is "possible" that is not true, but it is what I believe and what I think.

I would much rather play D&D with the English system than the metric system. It is not that I don't understand the metric system. I am an engineer and can go back and forth no problem. I just greatly prefer the English system and I think most of the market does as well. I have a played a...

When you say "no validity" and "possible" that is misleading I think. Those are not the terms I would use. I would reframe this and what I would say is I believe 5E is as popular as it is because fans in general like the rules and prefer the rules to other systems. In that respect it is...

See I think we need fewer rules for these things, not more rules. I think these sorts of things are the things that DMs should incorporate into their campaign however it makes sense. This is where we need to give DMs more creative license. This is particularly true of crafting I think. No...

For me, I don't mind more subclasses, spells and feats but one thing I do not want is more core rules or a more complicated rules system.

During the 1E heyday TSR was selling over 100,000 copies of Dragon Magazine a month and had dozens (hundreds?) of adventures in print in addition to the hardcover books. Also of you look at the data, it does report a higher number of PHBs sold, but fewer of every other comparable hardcover they...

In this discussion on Devils and lying I do feel it is necessary to point out that baelzebul is the Lord of Lies and is a Devil.

I think you are conflating the ideal of a Paladin with the history of the Crusaders (and it is specifically the crusaders and not all of the Templars or Hospitalars). You are correct in your assertion that the crusaders, particularly those involved in the 2nd-4th crusade, were terrible, awful...

I think they do support old editions. They still sell digital copies of old editions all the way back to at least AD&D 1E. If by support you mean reprint new copies of old editions in paper - I don't think that would be profitable. I also don't think it is going to be profitable to hire...

But plenty old now and that assumes there are no 30-something Karens and I would argue that today there are more Karens in their 30s than there are Karens in their 50s. Also if we want to move beyond the stereotypes and look at the actual facts, there was a surge in people named Karen born in...

I think 5E changed this with Bladesingers, Valor and Swords Bards, Hexblades and Arcane Tricksters. Not to mention a multitude of multiclass combos you can do to achieve it (which is what the first Gish characters were).

They do for some players, for others they don't. It is just about as easy for me to make a Knight out of a Wizard or Bard or Battlemaster as it is to make it out of a PDK. For me the classes and subclasses are just a mix of mechanics and both the name and to a large degree the thematic fluff...

35% of 40-somethings. Everyone who is currently 40-43.5. My point is there are plenty of millennial Karens.

There are lots of Millennial 40-somethings.