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Is Dungeons and Dragons becoming trendy? |
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While doing a routine search for gaming news I came across a lot of Dungeons and
Dragons reference from Vin Diesel new file "The Chronicles of Riddick".
The articles go on and on about how Vin Diesel was and still is a geek for playing
Dungeons and Dragons. The thing that gets me is that now that a 'cool' person
said that they played the game it seem somewhat cooler to the masses? Why?
The same holds true for the Lord of the Rings series, when Peter Jackson bought
JRR Tolkien's books to the big scream a lot of die hard fans were worried as to
how well he would capture the essences of the book. Having never read the books
I can not comment, I can only say that having friends who read the books they
agreed that Jackson did a good job. When the first movie was released you heard
people talking causally about elves in the supermarket.
One point in time in a gamer's life you had to talk in secrecy because you
didn't want to be ostracized by the masses. Now if is rather hip if you know all
the characters to the Lord of the Rings. Now I can talk about dwarves and elves
and sorcery and not be shunned upon by the masses.
The question still remains why now? Why has Dungeons and Dragons become so darn
popular? I really can not answer only that Lord of the Rings and Vin Diesel (to
a lesser extent) have awakened a sleeping giant.
Now that the giant is awaken what shall he do? I hope to God that the makers of
the Dungeons and Dragons sequel really put time and effort in to the film. I
still stand with my theory that in order for the sequel to be considered good it
has to be better than Lord of the Rings (quality wise).
If I could get the ear of the sleeping giant, I would whisper to it that now is
the time to bring out a D20 systems based off of Lord of the Rings. Promote
Dungeons and Dragons and convert those Lord of the Rings fans to the fantasy
world. Embrace the roots of Dungeons and Dragons; let the whole world know that
it was Tolkien that inspired Dungeons and Dragons.
Otherwise if the sleeping giant does nothing or only gives a half hearted
attempt. Dungeons and Dragons will not be trendy for long. Instead the giant
will slip back into a deep slumber and the wave of support will slowly wane.
-NeXeH
That's just my 2 cents and with the cost of inflation yours may be a little
less.
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