Also DnD as a thing is the best known in the US. Check Das Schwarze Auge in Germany, or Cthulhu in Japan.

Finally, could we agree that even if we aren’t perfect and can improve… and agree quickly that “yeah, the DnD bit should have been TTRPG or <insert a nice game that people could be curious about>”? The person describes a Food Fight in a Stuffer Shack - a Shadowrun classi - and I have to argue that TTRPG would be a better fit than DnD?

It’s a meta RPG. Basically, after you wrap your session of D&D, where the players raided a dungeon, killed all the kobolds and hauled up some loot, you start your session of Power Kill.

The players, as their new Power Kill identities, are gathered together in a group therapy session. There the DM, as the counsellor, walks them through the horrific series of crimes that resulted in their being institutionalized; how they - apparently in a delusional fugue state - entered an apartment building and moved from room to room slaughtering the occupants and looting any valuables they could find before leaving and attempting to sell most of their haul at a nearby pawn shop.

But don’t worry… We’re here to make you better.

Note: This also works with a tonne of other games; VtM, Cyberpunk Red, any superhero game, Call of Cthulhu, Unknown Armies… It’s completely system agnostic, but provides wildly different experiences depending on what you bolt it onto.

(I looked it up: yes it was)

But you gotta be realistic and admit that d&d as a “thing” is the single best known, most successful system out there. It is what it is.

dude you know how you have taste memories about really good meals and shit? you just gave me taste PTSD. So thanks and all.

Just because someone’s favorite TTRPG is d&d and they make content about it, does not mean they are wronging the broader TTRPG community. If your favorite system doesn’t get enough attention in your opinion, take the initiative to show others why it’s great rather than demanding someone else do it for you. No one is obligated to pander to you specifically.

Personally, I have a huge collection of RPGs and I enjoy a lot of indie titles more than the big names and I like to talk about them when the opportunity arises. Never had to bash anyone else or their favorite game to do it.

I get that DnD bashing is annoying. I’m tired too. But… could we start to try? Could his person with followers show then that DnD isn’t the Alpha and the Omega?

yeah i’m telling my manager you gave me 20 to hook you up with some drugs here’s the 20 and please give you some drugs