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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 6551823" data-attributes="member: 15700">Maybe for you, but this is hardly a universal truth of gamers in 2015.&nbsp; I was running a straight dungeon crawl at my FLGS for encounters for 3 weeks (right before Adventure league kicked off) and it was by far the most popular 5e game being played there with the most interest from players.It also strikes me as an odd thing to say since in 4e, most players spent the vast majority of real life time in combat in a dungeon/castle.Speaking of which, that makes me think of another reason to the OP.&nbsp; Back in the 70s/80s, anyone could create their own maps with ease.&nbsp; All you needed was a graph paper and pencil and you could do a map pretty much exactly like one of the published ones.&nbsp; In recent years, it's much harder for Joe Schmo to replicate a battlemap like they would see in a published adventure.&nbsp; A lot more tools are needed since modern gaming seems to be more dependent on minis and battlemaps than what were used back in the day (mostly for general marching order and location--not needing a battlemap).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 6551823, member: 15700"] Maybe for you, but this is hardly a universal truth of gamers in 2015. I was running a straight dungeon crawl at my FLGS for encounters for 3 weeks (right before Adventure league kicked off) and it was by far the most popular 5e game being played there with the most interest from players. It also strikes me as an odd thing to say since in 4e, most players spent the vast majority of real life time in combat in a dungeon/castle. Speaking of which, that makes me think of another reason to the OP. Back in the 70s/80s, anyone could create their own maps with ease. All you needed was a graph paper and pencil and you could do a map pretty much exactly like one of the published ones. In recent years, it's much harder for Joe Schmo to replicate a battlemap like they would see in a published adventure. A lot more tools are needed since modern gaming seems to be more dependent on minis and battlemaps than what were used back in the day (mostly for general marching order and location--not needing a battlemap). [/QUOTE]

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