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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6226284" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>When did nostalgia become such a dirty word? It seems that every time it is coupled with the OSR or grognardia of any kind, someone (in this case a couple people) get upset and go to great lengths to disagree.</p><p></p><p>I think nostalgia has a significant role in not only the OSR, but D&D Next and for many adult gamers. Aside from the diehard core, most gamers go through phases in their gaming career - periods of active play, periods of inactive play but active fandom (e.g. reading forums, buying books, etc), and completely inactive periods, aka hiatuses. Most gamers experience a sub-phase which we could call "getting back into it" - after a time of months, even years, of not playing, and then feeling inspired to play again. I would argue that there is <em>usually </em>some degree of nostalgia involved.</p><p></p><p>And it isn't a bad thing! I feel nostalgia for gaming in the '80s, because it was my Golden Age - the time I discovered this amazing hobby and first felt the sense of wonder with regards to it. Scouring the first edition <em>Dungeon Master's Guide </em>or <em>Deities & Demigods </em>or the Greyhawk box set. I remember seeing an add for something intriguingly called "the Forgotten Realms" on the back of a comic book, then taking a bus across town to pick up the last copy on one of my old town's few gaming stores. </p><p></p><p>I think anyone who started playing with AD&D 2e or before experiences a good deal of nostalgia with regards to D&D, especially older books. There's nothing wrong with this. We all want to recapture some of that child-like wonder, but this doesn't preclude new experiences - not just re-experiencing the old, but experiencing something fresh and new. But re-connecting with an inner experience first felt in middle school (the age must gamers start), inherently has some degree of nostalgia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 6226284, member: 59082"] When did nostalgia become such a dirty word? It seems that every time it is coupled with the OSR or grognardia of any kind, someone (in this case a couple people) get upset and go to great lengths to disagree. I think nostalgia has a significant role in not only the OSR, but D&D Next and for many adult gamers. Aside from the diehard core, most gamers go through phases in their gaming career - periods of active play, periods of inactive play but active fandom (e.g. reading forums, buying books, etc), and completely inactive periods, aka hiatuses. Most gamers experience a sub-phase which we could call "getting back into it" - after a time of months, even years, of not playing, and then feeling inspired to play again. I would argue that there is [I]usually [/I]some degree of nostalgia involved. And it isn't a bad thing! I feel nostalgia for gaming in the '80s, because it was my Golden Age - the time I discovered this amazing hobby and first felt the sense of wonder with regards to it. Scouring the first edition [I]Dungeon Master's Guide [/I]or [I]Deities & Demigods [/I]or the Greyhawk box set. I remember seeing an add for something intriguingly called "the Forgotten Realms" on the back of a comic book, then taking a bus across town to pick up the last copy on one of my old town's few gaming stores. I think anyone who started playing with AD&D 2e or before experiences a good deal of nostalgia with regards to D&D, especially older books. There's nothing wrong with this. We all want to recapture some of that child-like wonder, but this doesn't preclude new experiences - not just re-experiencing the old, but experiencing something fresh and new. But re-connecting with an inner experience first felt in middle school (the age must gamers start), inherently has some degree of nostalgia. [/QUOTE]
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