I don’t know why people push the false narrative that 5e had lackluster early sales.
It’s demonstrably wrong.
The interesting thing to me is the parallel. The 2014 PHB sold out very fast, it surprised WotC and they had to scramble to get more printed.
Soft kit training for throws and strategies in melees Saturday. I’ve been running too. Sunday was full kit but I immediately started cramping all over. Been a while since I had that issue.
In jr high school football I had a “did we just become best friends” moment when we realized a bunch of us were playing D&D.
We were already friends cause “team” and all but this was a special extra moment.
I def want a pole arm in fights but that's for folks more capable than I am now. I'm training with our team now to be an anchor on the list with falchion and buckler. Though I may reject the buckler.