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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ilbranteloth" data-source="post: 7800462" data-attributes="member: 6778044">I wouldn't say "blah" but I would say that I'm not terribly interested either. 5e (and this forum) started a bit of a renaissance in my game, and the direction it has taken is more towards AD&D. We use the 5e mechanics, but lots of house rules at this point. Many might consider it a different game, although the people who have played in the campaign (and a couple that have taken our rules to run their own games) would agree with me that it's very much D&D.Anyway, what it comes down to, is we have little interest in new races, classes, and such, and most of the lore is not really useable in our campaign either. I still enjoy mining them for ideas, maintain most of the activity in the Realms as "canon" with some modifications, etc.I think the releases themselves are very strong, and really well designed for what has become (and should be) their target market. The huge number of more casual gamers. The sheer number of people playing today is amazing, and that's a fantastic thing. And a fair number of them find their way to our game, and find that it's a little different but they really enjoy it.I think what happens is that new players grab the PHB and run thorugh a few APs, Then they either move on with life, or they start doing their own thing, and "grow out" of the core releases. But that's OK, because their best customers are new customers. Those that need to buy a PHB, MM and maybe a DMG. And D&D has suddenly become the next video game - a huge number of young people will play the game, with each year a new group growing into it.So I still pick up almost everything eventually, but it's no longer a must have during release week. I'm excited about them, because I can see the appeal for a huge number of gamers, but they aren't must-have books for me like a new sourcebook for the Realms written by Ed Greenwood would be.</blockquote>

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