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Interesting review of what the article has as evidence of this. Mostly quotes taken out of context and low level social media accounts. bsky.app/profile/mich...

The Express and Daily Mail used to be the only ones who would write "BRITONS OUTRAGED BY..." quoting their own comment sections. Now Telegraph is doing it.

All the new vibes and people have basically enriched the hobby and finally put an end to the previously perennial and tedious raft of "RPGs are dying out" arguments that were ubiquitous. Old grogs can continue to have an embarrassment of riches in terms of rpgs due to the vast cohort interested now.

Exactly! Someone playing tennis on a completely different court miles away from me doesn't ruin my tennis experience.

And 100x more people now taking up tennis meaning there's a metric funk ton more tennis clubs and people to play with, and shops selling things I want related to my hobby etc. etc.

2/ The hardest part of most nerdy hobbies is finding enough people in your area to enjoy them with. More interest means more players means more games means more fun. It also means you can find people who want to play the game the way you enjoy. This brings us to:

3/ There is no correct way to play. Dungeons and Dragons can be a played as a hardcore fantasy combat game, a high concept political drama, a romance story, a comedy improv game. The best way to play is the way your group likes. You don't get to tell people they're doing it wrong.

4/ I will never understand why long term fans of things feel entitled to gatekeep. You've been playing for 20 years? Congratulations. No one cares. Doing a thing you enjoy isn't some hardship worthy of laurels or authority. You should be welcoming new players, not inventing hierarchicies.

Dungeons and Dragons has made my son so happy.