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Yes, I would agree that old timers have tried more games. We are a market for D&D though and if D&D is our primary game then we will spend a lot on it. This is the reality. While we dominate if in the race few of us are in the race. We are a small cohort even if we bat way out of proportion...

I love novel landmasses and this may shock you but I was already considering if I should copy some of that coastal area up north and integrate it somewhere in my world's landmass.

During the game session, I do. We can revisit after the session and if I feel my ruling was egregiously bad then something can be changed. Arguments at the table are time wasters and fun ruiners.

And that is probably why it is gone.

It is hard to prove either way. I think a lot of 50 year olds have drifted away from the game but those still playing spend more than their 25 year old self ON AVERAGE. I met guy like you. I still meet them. I'm not saying there are not exceptions. I think it's an exception though and not...

Actually I played 3e and 4e. I wished I'd skipped 4e and would never play it again. I could play 3e though nowadays sure I'd prefer more OSR in it. Edit: So I can play a lot of games. 3e is playable because at least certain major tropes are maintained. Healing, Vancian, and No Dissociative...

I guess technically this isn't the right thread but I'll ask anyway. I'd love to see an old school DCC module line like they did in the past. They looked like 1e modules and played like 1e modules. I don't really care for DCC RPG though I do own it. But I would like to be able to use an OSR...

I imagine your players are rules lawyers. Which I expect is the most extreme of the heavy rules people. I like a simple streamlined system but I don't mind options though players should be able to opt-in or out on complexity.

If you mean, you like the shapes of the coastal areas especially up north, you could easily move it somewhere a bit warmer and turn it into a traditional campaign. See how long it takes for people to notice it's northern Canada. Here in the US they might never notice. Not sure about Canadians...

I'd say more cheaters have special ways of rolling the dice than are using cheaters dice. Buy a dice tower that everyone uses and few cheaters will be happy. I'm for fair dice though and if I knew certain that dice were unfair then I'd dispose of them. That is hard to verify. I wouldn't buy...

I think the most Gygaxian thing of all would be to just do whatever you want. I do think I agree in broad strokes with Gygax's vision for D&D far more than what has been in the 21st century but so what. If I didn't I sure wouldn't be changing my playstyle. Play is a voluntary activity meant...

People are different but I'd argue your more outside the norm for your age if you really are an active gamer. I buy vastly more stuff now than I did then because I'm at the height of my earning power. And I play less! 50 year olds will on average outspend 20 year olds on their hobbies. Now...

I don't think there is a "win" to be found here. There is only victory over the other half of the player base. Either way some side is unhappy with the outcome. I didn't buy 5e primarily because they couldn't deliver me a fighter I found acceptable. Though power wasn't the issue. They put...

Then it would seem to me that we are only one class from making both sides happy class wise. Make a normal human fighter class for those like me that want it and make a magical bloodlines class for those that want supernatural fighters.

I've actually seen as many superheroes in real life as I've seen this happen. I suppose if everyone was a complete noob including the DM.

Batman is a perfect example. In a universe of "magic" beings like Superman, Batman still flourishes. In terms of just power, Batman is weaker by far. Batman is still a cool character but how is that? Equipment. We also have Green Lantern who is powerless without his ring. Ironman who I'd...

The problem as I see it is that "parity" as you call it creates a game that just feels nonsensical to many of us. We are fine with cinematic action for martials but we are not for Paul Bunyan nonsense. We can believe that magic is capable of things we can't imagine otherwise only because it is...

I would support them doing that for the 4e players even though I am not a 4e person when it comes to preferences.

I'm a master grognard by your system though I played paper chit wargames long before D&D so maybe I am flirting with grandmaster. I don't think WOTC cares a wit about us. The reason is that not enough of us are playing. If we were playing a lot we would own the space as we are in our most...

I think there is no real compromise and they will continue to skirt around the ages. I don't want a wuxia fighter which honestly is what people want if casters are going to be traditional casters. So they can't possibly make you and me happy. We are diametrically opposed. I don't want...