I was watching some RPG YouTube, and of course there was talk about Monsters. And with the recent OMG CONTROVERSY with the newest Monster Manual, I got to thinking about something that is more inherent in D&D and in fantasy games in general, why so many monsters? I’ve played various other games, and read many books, watched many movies, but it seems that fantasy games, with D&D leading the charge, seem to have more monsters than any other medium in the genre, or other genre’s in particular. So yeah, why are there so many monsters?

  • Maestro@fedia.io
    10·
    10 months ago

    D&D is fucking old. Like, people who grew up on OD&D are dead now.

    What?! D&D isn’t thát old. It’s from 1974. So people who grew up on it are in their 50’s and 60’s.

      • redhorsejacket@lemmy.world
        4·
        10 months ago

        Yes, however, to appease the pedants out there, saying Gygax and Arneson and the rest of the Geneva Lake crew “grew up on” DnD is a bit of a misnomer. They didn’t grow up on it, they invented it, and they were well into adulthood at the time.

    • bradorsomething
      1·
      9 months ago

      Assuming they started in the crib, yes. If you were about 10 like in stranger things, that’s 60’s/70’s.