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Message: <blockquote data-quote="epithet" data-source="post: 6677761" data-attributes="member: 6796566">It certainly seems like another golden age to me. I had wandered off the reservation, so to speak, and wasn't playing any tabletop RPGs for years. My group had scattered to the far corners of the earth, and I had thought of trying to find a group through an online forum or a FLGS but never got around to it. Then I got a call from one of the old tabletop group suggesting inviting me to play in a Pathfinder game he was running on Fantasy Grounds, and I was back in the game! I was a little frustrated with some of the fiddly bits of PF, and started looking through the D&D Next materials. I became an advocate, and the rest of the group checked it out. Next thing you know, I was running Phandelver for the group, converting the Shackled City Adventure Path to 5e, and excited enough about it to start reading D&D forums (hello.)For me, 5e seems comfortable and familiar. I read some of the 4e stuff, and it seemed like it was a fun game, but a different game from the D&D I had played from the red box through 3rd edition. 5e feels like I'm playing D&D again.I think that what makes this a golden age for D&D isn't just the strength of the 5th edition, but is also the fact that online tools and virtual gaming table applications are finally coming into their own. Many folks are tired of MMO grinds. A good summer blockbuster will hopefully bring attention and consumer dollars to D&D and tabletop RPGs generally, and that combination of factors, I think, is driving a renaissance for D&D.</blockquote>

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