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<blockquote data-quote="Gundark" data-source="post: 5773583" data-attributes="member: 6148"><p>When I heard that Paizo was making Pathfinder , I thought they were stupid. &quot;Why&quot; I thought, would anyone buy Pathfinder when we had 3.5 ? It was ridiculous, I thought . And yet people did buy Pathfinder regardless of having 3.5 . Buying the new shiny really seems to matter. The grognardia blog talks of retro clone fans being excited about 5e. Because the desire to own something that plays like earlier editions that has &quot;Dungeons and Dragons&quot; across the cover matters, despite having a true to original retro clone. My group and I are discussing playing Legends of Anglerre , it is a good game that has the potential to be our go to game with regards to fantasy , and yet it seems wrong to not be rolling a d20 when you play fantasy. There is a &quot;power&quot; to playing D&amp;D , and not some fantasy rpg (even if it's good ) that plays just like it. I mean how many of these groups refer to the activity that they are doing as playing &quot;D&amp;D&quot; not&nbsp; &quot;swords and wizardry&quot;. If 5e is as good as promised ,&nbsp; I suspect there will be several who are saying now &quot;no thanks I'm good &quot; that find themselves buying in because they love DnD as a concept and find they are ready to come &quot;home&quot;.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Gundark, post: 5773583, member: 6148"] When I heard that Paizo was making Pathfinder , I thought they were stupid. "Why" I thought, would anyone buy Pathfinder when we had 3.5 ? It was ridiculous, I thought . And yet people did buy Pathfinder regardless of having 3.5 . Buying the new shiny really seems to matter. The grognardia blog talks of retro clone fans being excited about 5e. Because the desire to own something that plays like earlier editions that has "Dungeons and Dragons" across the cover matters, despite having a true to original retro clone. My group and I are discussing playing Legends of Anglerre , it is a good game that has the potential to be our go to game with regards to fantasy , and yet it seems wrong to not be rolling a d20 when you play fantasy. There is a "power" to playing D&D , and not some fantasy rpg (even if it's good ) that plays just like it. I mean how many of these groups refer to the activity that they are doing as playing "D&D" not "swords and wizardry". If 5e is as good as promised , I suspect there will be several who are saying now "no thanks I'm good " that find themselves buying in because they love DnD as a concept and find they are ready to come "home". [/QUOTE]

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