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Happy 50th! The neighbor kid took me through a proto-LARP version of the game with a DM NPC based on Hopalong Cassidy who sort of acted like a guide (a bit like the "Dungeon Master" in the later cartoon show except he had six guns). I recall having to overcome a troll and knocking it in a pool...

I am. I started playing when I was six in 1980 with the neighbor across the street.

Gotcha, thanks, Steve. Thanks for responding. I share in your enthusiasm. I still don't care about marketing. 😂😂😂

Now this I entirely agree with. Nicely written, Defcon! I really don't know why most people here would care about marketing...we are all role-players, most of us are not members of this business industry that contributes to the annoying, continuous noise that constitutes contemporary...

This is how I think also.

Ok, thanks for clarifying. As for me, I don't really see what the big deal is. Also, I haven't read anything that suggests that Wizards of the Coast does not know the target release date. Perhaps they are not announcing a release date because they want to make sure that the book can be...

But my question, Zaukrie, is getting at why is the absence of a release date now indicative of poor planning? I mean, the books are going to come out when they are ready, no doubt in time to honor the anniversary in some capacity. They will receive more-than-adequate announcement at a time that...

I am not quite sure what makes the planning so poor, Albucat...is it merely people's impatience? I mean, they are working on the books, which they are aiming to release in 2024. Why do we need to know the month or day that they are coming out way in advance before they are ready to announce the...

Well stated!

I recall an interview with Todd Kenreck where this was an indication from Crawford that there would be at least one playtest for both the Monster Manual and Dungeon Masters Guide. I have been very surprised and delighted at how elegant and fun D&D 5th edition has been. I was beyond skeptical...

My condolences. I have an acquaintance also struggling with Guillain-Barré's.

A person after my own heart...so very, very well said/written!

I do not think it does: "No."

My two best players ever both died...one when he was 17 and one when he was 38. Both of their characters continue to motivate stories...one as a demigod whose children are influential in the world and the other as a figure of legend who disappeared and no one has yet to learn what became of him...

I am not able to directly answer your question, Reynard. I can just chime in that I had fun back with MERP back in the 1980s and I had a blast with Cubicle 7's Adventures in Middle Earth. I have not checked out Free League's The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying yet, although I have read some...