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<blockquote data-quote="Daneric" data-source="post: 6400622" data-attributes="member: 6781135">I'm returning after a long period of not gaming (a decade, more or less). I always enjoyed D&amp;D and tabletop gaming but I never did find many friends after high school who played. After college, it was much easier to get into other hobbies (softball, video games, Netflix) than gaming. Gaming requires so much to be successful...you need good players who like each other, you have to physically meet up somewhere, etc. Not to mention the fact that as a working adult it's hard to get together frequently enough to keep a campaign going.I saw 5E as a great opportunity to get back into gaming. I started seeing very positive reviews here and there and I thought this would be a good way to pick up an old hobby while meeting new people. I'm especially glad of the game's more streamlined rules; I'm too old and busy now to spend time obsessively memorizing a thousand different modifiers. Advantage/Disadvantage for president!It's still early (just had my first session - Hoard of the Dragon Queen - this weekend) but I'm finding hard to find games near me in D.C. This represents another challenge I didn't have in high school - adult players are scattered all over the place, and many live far away in the suburbs (I don't have a car). So I'm hoping to keep things going but this represents a very real challenge.Most importantly, however, I had a good time and it felt great to game again. I know 5E was kind of designed with the game's legacy in mind, and this consideration definitely helped to bring me back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daneric, post: 6400622, member: 6781135"] I'm returning after a long period of not gaming (a decade, more or less). I always enjoyed D&D and tabletop gaming but I never did find many friends after high school who played. After college, it was much easier to get into other hobbies (softball, video games, Netflix) than gaming. Gaming requires so much to be successful...you need good players who like each other, you have to physically meet up somewhere, etc. Not to mention the fact that as a working adult it's hard to get together frequently enough to keep a campaign going. I saw 5E as a great opportunity to get back into gaming. I started seeing very positive reviews here and there and I thought this would be a good way to pick up an old hobby while meeting new people. I'm especially glad of the game's more streamlined rules; I'm too old and busy now to spend time obsessively memorizing a thousand different modifiers. Advantage/Disadvantage for president! It's still early (just had my first session - Hoard of the Dragon Queen - this weekend) but I'm finding hard to find games near me in D.C. This represents another challenge I didn't have in high school - adult players are scattered all over the place, and many live far away in the suburbs (I don't have a car). So I'm hoping to keep things going but this represents a very real challenge. Most importantly, however, I had a good time and it felt great to game again. I know 5E was kind of designed with the game's legacy in mind, and this consideration definitely helped to bring me back. [/QUOTE]

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