Eric Hughes
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I'm new to EN World, and therefore new to this discussion. I admit I have not read all 200+ posts. But I have to wonder if the thread as attempted to address the question "What constitutes the Golden Age?"
Quite often it's "How gaming was when I was twelve and/or when I had the best time with it."I'm new to EN World, and therefore new to this discussion. I admit I have not read all 200+ posts. But I have to wonder if the thread as attempted to address the question "What constitutes the Golden Age?"
A few factors, but it's driven by two big factors - Kickstarter and tablets.Why do you say we are either in a new Golden Age, or on the Cusp of one?
I registered for these forums just so I could ask, "Huh?"In retrospect, the early to mid 2000's were a Golden Age of D&D.
When I started playing D&D in 1998 . . .
I registered for these forums just so I could ask, "Huh?"
This would be like me saying, "I've been reading comic books only since '98, but the Golden Age of comics was 2003."
If you have been playing D&D since '98, then I'm sorry, but you lack personal experience in the hobby and its historical context. What you mean to say is that your favorite edition is 3.0. And that's great. But the Golden Age of D&D probably occurred before you were old enough to play the game.
I registered for these forums just so I could ask, "Huh?"
This would be like me saying, "I've been reading comic books only since '98, but the Golden Age of comics was 2003."
If you have been playing D&D since '98, then I'm sorry, but you lack personal experience in the hobby and its historical context. What you mean to say is that your favorite edition is 3.0. And that's great. But the Golden Age of D&D probably occurred before you were old enough to play the game.
Hard to see D&D as being in a "golden age" when it was basically forbidden across the entire town when I was growing up. Now, I look at the facebook page for my old school and see pictures of their D&D club from a few years back, they started a D&D club during 2000's apparently.
It never affected my grades (neither did video games), although I did leave Christianity because of it so I suppose I'm not a great poster child.
The only way I can possibly see this is if you dropped Christianity due to the fact that Christianity equated RPGs with satanism?