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I'm sad to see this kind of sentiment - D&D is fun, but there are so many TTRPGs out there. I'm highly recommending checking out all the lesser known games by companies like Chaosium, Modiphius, Free League (I just recently had some great sessions of Tales from the Loop and The One Ring), Atlas Games, Steve Jackson Games and others!

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a fair bit of the popularity is due to the splat books; world building is hard, and the world of Forgotten Realms is huge and detailed - combine that with the large number of iconic IP that they have, it would be a shame to have to abandon everything D&D completely.

That is true, although it's ultimately a matter of personal tastes.

I prefer worlds that are not intrinsically intertwined with any specific ruleset. And for general fantasy I will always come back to Middle-earth. :)

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