I liked Axis and DnD but i will admit i was not a huge RPG fan at that time.My table top gaming consisted of monopoly,horse racing,clue,Yahtzee and Risk :).
DnD however always intrigued me,it was the reason i began looking at rpg's like Ultima and Wizardry,rappelz gold,Might n Magic.
However the simple board game idea was not fun because it relied on getting people together.So instead i enjoyed the early wave of single player games,mostly first person shooters.
IMO ,well actually not even an opinion but the majority of MMO players right now,were not even around or old enough to enjoy Dnd or those other games.
What put DnD on the map was that 90% of the games were all using their DIE formula,be it 1/2/3/6 sided dice.Axis imo was more notable for it's figurines.
What i noticed back in the day was that as soon as the internet became popular ,board games died off fast.At that same time Hasbro was sued for trying to create a monopoly on board game pricing and of course lost to the USA government.
Of course no surprise guess who owns DnD?Hasbro has tried to gain copyrights on the entire board game industry,they try every year over and over to claim the right to anyone using a board for a game.After they were sued the yhired some of the biggest lawyers in the US.
Hasbro also owned Axis and Allies at one time as well.
It is actually VERY sad when you see an obvious monopoly like Hasbro ,they even have their hands on that unknown Littel Green Things.Hasbro btw owns TSR aka Wizards of the Coast.
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