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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lojak" data-source="post: 6677585" data-attributes="member: 12470">I can't agree that this is a golden age of D&D.  That was clearly either the height of its boom in the 80s under TSR or arguably during the high points of the 3/3.5 run.  While I personally loved 4e, I am under no illusions it was a golden age in the sense that you mean.5e is a successful game is and popular and selling well by all accounts.  But the very fact that you felt you needed to post this topic suggests to me that you sense that there is an undercurrent of negativity about the game, the developer, the product schedule, GenCon, etc.  Negativity may be par for the course on the internet but it is still of some concern. In addition, there is just plain less of 5e D&D than there was with past editions.  Less products.  No Dragon or Dungeon magazine.  No online tools.  Even the boards like this one seem less active to me in my own subjective view.  I know a lot of people argue less is more but for me, more is more, and just looking at the shelf at the gaming store relative to past editions suggests its not a golden age.Its hard to see it as a golden age under these circumstances.That being said, it still could become one.  I liked some of what Mearls had to say recently even if I assume some of it is spin (this is not meant pejoratively, marketing is an important part of his job).  If some of that promise gets fulfilled, I think it will be good for the game.  I just hope he actually has the resources to do it.  Plus it is absolutely great that you are having a blast with the game.  It can be a golden age for you and your circle of friends regardless of whether the same feeling is universal.</blockquote>

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