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<blockquote data-quote="Weregrognard" data-source="post: 6017949" data-attributes="member: 26396">There's a very insightful post on <a href="http://blogofholding.com/?p=5152" target="_blank">Blog of Holding</a>&nbsp; about the AD&amp;D 2e era and how it's kind of been lost in the shuffle between newer D&amp;D (incl. Pathfinder) and the OSR movement.&nbsp; In the post, he feels the AD&amp;D 2e era is due for a resurgence as well as a “voice” in the RPG blogosphere.I’m inclined to agree with the him, and it made me wonder whether there is a &quot;Lost Generation&quot; of RPG gamers – ones, like myself*, who started with the hobby somewhere between the late 80s to early 90s, and cut their teeth on AD&amp;D 2e.&nbsp; Basically, too young to be &quot;Old School&quot;, but too old to be &quot;New School&quot;; stuck between the two worlds.If so, I conjecture that we are a fractured minority, much like the overall D&amp;D fan-base, but we exist, and “that's not nuthin’”.Thanks for reading.* In my example, I started with D&amp;D back in 1991 with the Basic &quot;Black Box&quot;, and switched to AD&amp;D 2e within less than a year.&nbsp; We (my friends and I) tended to use both BECMI D&amp;D and 1e material with 2e, as they were largely compatible.&nbsp; Other than brief forays into other popular RPGs of the decade (Cyberpunk, Rifts, Shadowrun, GURPS, World of Darkness, and others), AD&amp;D 2e was our mainstay.&nbsp; After fun, but ultimately dissatisfying experiences with 3.x and 4e, I find myself looking back to AD&amp;D 2e and earlier.&nbsp;&nbsp; Through the OSR, I'm learning things about my favorite hobby I never knew or realized back in the 90s; any potential excitement for 5e all but nonexistent, but I digress.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Weregrognard, post: 6017949, member: 26396"] There's a very insightful post on [URL="http://blogofholding.com/?p=5152"]Blog of Holding[/URL] about the AD&D 2e era and how it's kind of been lost in the shuffle between newer D&D (incl. Pathfinder) and the OSR movement. In the post, he feels the AD&D 2e era is due for a resurgence as well as a “voice” in the RPG blogosphere. I’m inclined to agree with the him, and it made me wonder whether there is a "Lost Generation" of RPG gamers – ones, like myself*, who started with the hobby somewhere between the late 80s to early 90s, and cut their teeth on AD&D 2e. Basically, too young to be "Old School", but too old to be "New School"; stuck between the two worlds. If so, I conjecture that we are a fractured minority, much like the overall D&D fan-base, but we exist, and “that's not nuthin’”. Thanks for reading. [SIZE="1"]* In my example, I started with D&D back in 1991 with the Basic "Black Box", and switched to AD&D 2e within less than a year. We (my friends and I) tended to use both BECMI D&D and 1e material with 2e, as they were largely compatible. Other than brief forays into other popular RPGs of the decade (Cyberpunk, Rifts, Shadowrun, GURPS, World of Darkness, and others), AD&D 2e was our mainstay. After fun, but ultimately dissatisfying experiences with 3.x and 4e, I find myself looking back to AD&D 2e and earlier. Through the OSR, I'm learning things about my favorite hobby I never knew or realized back in the 90s; any potential excitement for 5e all but nonexistent, but I digress.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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