i started really playing rpgs as a teenager in about 2005.
it didn't used to be like this.
cavegirl
"Hasnt dnd always been---"
D&D has always been a popular game in the ttrpg sphere but the ttrpg sphere was FAR more *popularly* diverse. You could find tons of other games as popular, and you could find whole ass gamers that didnt know anything about D&D. ->