I played D&D up until ~1983, then I discovered girls (or more accurately, girls discovered me- in my world, female gamers did not exist back then). Nevertheless with the exception of Baldur's Gate on the PC in the late 90s, I haven't really played it since.

I say all that to say, as a person with a casual interest but not up-to-date information on the subject, your article wasn't very approachable because of the heavy use of unexplained acronyms. Sure, I could look them up, but once I've done that, I've lost interest.