Do you buy new versions of TTRPG games when you haven't had time to play the older version sitting on your shelf?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

 

[sabrinathecat]

I'd say "try online games," but you've probably considered that! Locals not an option anymore? Depending on how much energy you have, you can always try to get something going if you can't find anything. I know, easier said than done

I hate online games. I want to be sitting around the same table as the other players. Online games depress me more than they entertain me.

 

[Distracted DM]

I hate online games. I want to be sitting around the same table as the other players. Online games depress me more than they entertain me.

I meant try getting something going locally; there are still sites like Meetup.com for finding local folk!

 

[sabrinathecat]

I meant try getting something going locally; there are still sites like Meetup.com for finding local folk!

I tried meetup. 25 people joined. 1 showed up.
After a year of running a game for 1 person, he moved out of town. I consider Meetup to be a failed system.
The only replies I got from the other 24 people when I asked was "Why isn't this on Discord," "I want to game during the week from 8pm to midnight," and "But I want to play 5th edition." Given that I spelled out specifically what I was willing to run (but that I would play any other edition or game if someone else was running it), I really have to wonder why people joined a group that wasn't going to be what they wanted. (I can go on and on about this.) Also, why join a group that's 30+ miles away and across toll bridges? I just didn't understand their logic.

 

[Distracted DM]

I tried meetup. 25 people joined. 1 showed up.
After a year of running a game for 1 person, he moved out of town. I consider Meetup to be a failed system.
The only replies I got from the other 24 people when I asked was "Why isn't this on Discord," "I want to game during the week from 8pm to midnight," and "But I want to play 5th edition." Given that I spelled out specifically what I was willing to run (but that I would play any other edition or game if someone else was running it), I really have to wonder why people joined a group that wasn't going to be what they wanted. (I can go on and on about this.) Also, why join a group that's 30+ miles away and across toll bridges? I just didn't understand their logic.

Sorry to hear, that sucks.

 

[sabrinathecat]

Sorry to hear, that sucks.

That's what I get for being an old, out of touch, stick in the mud who doesn't want to change or get with the times or whatever. I think we've derailed the thread enough. Maybe future suggestions should go through PM?

 

[aramis erak]

No. I am simply polygamerous.

Edit to add: That may have been funny, but really, no. Games are not people, and marriage is an inappropriate metaphor for one's relationship to them. Which is not to say that you can't play what you want, and if you found there's only one game you want to play, that's fine.

But you aren't married to it - and playing something else is not a betrayal of any binding agreements or expectations.

Unless you're on the official demo team...

 

[Autumnal]

I note that in every case where I’ve known people in the RPG world well enough to chat about what we play, everyone spends some time playing what they’re working on but also playing other stuff. White Wolf, Onyx Path, Green Ronin, etc, all often/usually have D&D games going on, for instance. It’s one reason the marriage metaphor is a bad one: people who only play their own games stagnate creatively, treading an ever-tightening loop of recycling. Playing a mix of old favorites and new interests is like the difference between a flowing stream and a stagnant swamp.

 

[John Dallman]

Got back into TTRPGs in 2014. I keep seeing new editions and starter sets for games I've bought and never got around to playing. There is a weird pull to want to buy the new version, just in case I do play them.

If I haven't played a game by the time a new edition comes out, I usually conclude that I'm not very interested in it, and leave the new edition alone. There are exceptions to this: I'd buy a new edition of Continuum, for example, in the hope it would be more readable and comprehensible, although I've never played the existing one.

 

[delericho]

Yes and no.

These days, I won't buy a game unless I have fairly solid plans to play it soon, so that mitigates against a lot of purchases of this sort. However, if I do intend to play it soon, I may well end up buying in to the latest version of the game, even if I have a previous edition that I've never found time to play - that one will largely depend on which versions the rest of the group have and are intending to use.