[HN Gopher] Dungeons and Dragons Is a Case Study in How Capitali...
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       Dungeons and Dragons Is a Case Study in How Capitalism Kills Art
        
       Author : podiki
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2021-12-16 22:00 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | bluefirebrand wrote:
       | I've been playing DnD since the 90s and it feels like Wizards of
       | the Coast is slowly wringing out all that I enjoy about the game
       | with each edition that is released.
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       | It's been a long time since I've had a steady group to play with
       | even though there are more people playing it now than probably
       | ever before.
       | 
       | There was a huge marketing push to make the game more attractive
       | to a broader market along with the release of fifth edition. This
       | grew the game enormously because fifth edition is a lot more
       | "streamlined" than previous versions.
       | 
       | Fifth edition has a lot lower emphasis on mechanics. Character
       | builds are like selecting a cable package, and at some point you
       | realize that every package is showing the same shows.
       | 
       | There is a lot higher emphasis on character backstory building
       | and roleplaying, which has also been hyped massively by the
       | success of Celebrity podcast games such as Critical Role.
       | 
       | I find it all so dull. I like the numbers and crunch,
       | theorycrafting crazy builds, I like games that reward a deep
       | knowledge of the ruleset. 5E is none of this
       | 
       | And it seems 5e is all most people want to play anymore.
        
         | ehutch79 wrote:
         | You do know there's other systems besides D&D.
         | 
         | There's even revised versions of the original systems.
         | 
         | Check out stuff like this:
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOPmh7lkQIE&t=370s
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         | Or you can just use your old rulebooks. No one's taking away
         | your old books.
        
         | warning26 wrote:
         | Honestly I like 5E better and I suspect I'm not the only one,
         | so it's not _necessarily_ a step backward.
         | 
         | Plus, I suppose you could argue that capitalism has succeeded
         | in this case by giving us a competing solution: for those who
         | prefer emphasis on mechanics, there's Pathfinder.
        
       | rendall wrote:
       | I wanted to read an article about how capitalism kills art, but
       | it took 7 paragraphs for the article to kind of sort of start
       | talking about how capitalism killed D&D, and then it wasn't about
       | capitalism, but about mismanagement.
        
         | bussierem wrote:
         | Yeah I kept waiting for the article to get to the point, and
         | then it ended.
        
       | SubiculumCode wrote:
       | Take a look at DrivethruRPG and tell me how capitalism killed
       | art...
        
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