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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 6226082" data-attributes="member: 6716779"><p>There are over 20 OSR type clones and retro games now. I suppose one could blame the OGL but the OGL has been around for a long time now. The 1st few clones AFAIK started to pop up in the 3.5 era (2004 for Castels and Crusades?) but they seem to have exploded in number over the last 2-3 years. On Dragonsfoot.org there are often threads along the lines of ex 3rd and sometimes 4th ed players returning to AD&D.</p><p></p><p> I'm not 100% sure but I know that I am not the only 3.x player who has gone back to OSR games. I spent 12 years playing 3.x games but I do not think I have played 3.5 since 2009 and Pathfinder for about a year. Most of my players are d20 er players but they will try various retroclones and AD&D games although they like it if I flip AC to ascending numbers and use BAB instead of THAC0.</p><p></p><p> So s the revival an alliance between the grogs who stuck with TSR era players married to an influx of 3rd and even 4th ed players due to the fracturing of the fanbase. Or a number of grogs being larger or better organized than they were a few years ago or something else?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 6226082, member: 6716779"] There are over 20 OSR type clones and retro games now. I suppose one could blame the OGL but the OGL has been around for a long time now. The 1st few clones AFAIK started to pop up in the 3.5 era (2004 for Castels and Crusades?) but they seem to have exploded in number over the last 2-3 years. On Dragonsfoot.org there are often threads along the lines of ex 3rd and sometimes 4th ed players returning to AD&D. I'm not 100% sure but I know that I am not the only 3.x player who has gone back to OSR games. I spent 12 years playing 3.x games but I do not think I have played 3.5 since 2009 and Pathfinder for about a year. Most of my players are d20 er players but they will try various retroclones and AD&D games although they like it if I flip AC to ascending numbers and use BAB instead of THAC0. So s the revival an alliance between the grogs who stuck with TSR era players married to an influx of 3rd and even 4th ed players due to the fracturing of the fanbase. Or a number of grogs being larger or better organized than they were a few years ago or something else? [/QUOTE]
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