Pen and paper RPGs had a pretty big decline in the 1990s, and then grew again in the 2000s. They grew enough around 2010 that people were actually talking about whether there might be a 1980s-style growth ahead of them. I doubt that will happen (but just because they don't have the 'growth' of the 80s doesn't mean they are unpopular), but nevertheless the number of games out there and also the number of players to game with has, in my experience, gone up dramatically in the last decade and a half.
D&D stumbled a bit with 4e, and it looks to me like Pathfinder is on-par if not a bit ahead of D&D right now.
D&D stumbled a bit with 4e, and it looks to me like Pathfinder is on-par if not a bit ahead of D&D right now.
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