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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9312894" data-attributes="member: 6779310">I've found that I cannot go back to many games.&nbsp; I still know where to look in the AD&amp;D 1e and 2e books, but I will never again use them for anything but reference materials and answering questions.My tastes have evolved; as I stated elsewhere, I prefer metacurrency moderated hybrid rules, and don't mind bespoke dice. None of which existed when I started... tho', at the time, Polyhedral sets were effectively bespoke dice...I started RPGing in 1981 with AD&amp;D 1e. My playstyle them was narrative wargame with almost no roleplay. We quickly &quot;downgraded&quot; to BX with multiclassing and the AD&amp;D races. For two years, that was all gaming I experienced. I knew of Boot Hill and Gamma World from the PHB; I knew of Star Frontiers from comics...I finally got to try Star Frontiers in Sept 1983... game was fine, GM was good. Love the setting. But the group was too large.I got invited to a Traveller game... note: My avatar is a recolored version of the MegaTraveller Shattered Imperial Starburst... which many don't realize is also an overview of the factions of MegaTraveller...Running MegaTraveller last year, I realized I could have a better player experience and similar stories with Alien and FFG Star Wars.Running D&amp;D Cyclopedia currently, have decided it's time to get rid of the dead tree; I'm not going to run it again. And it's the least problematic edition for me.Running d6 Star Wars shortly before the pandemic, I found myself preferring to run FFG. I've plenty of nostalgia — for the physical artefacts —about many old games, but little desire to actually ever play them again. D6 I can run without emotional distress, but it's not the first choice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 9312894, member: 6779310"] I've found that I cannot go back to many games. I still know where to look in the AD&D 1e and 2e books, but I will never again use them for anything but reference materials and answering questions. My tastes have evolved; as I stated elsewhere, I prefer metacurrency moderated hybrid rules, and don't mind bespoke dice. None of which existed when I started... tho', at the time, Polyhedral sets were effectively bespoke dice... I started RPGing in 1981 with AD&D 1e. My playstyle them was narrative wargame with almost no roleplay. We quickly "downgraded" to BX with multiclassing and the AD&D races. For two years, that was all gaming I experienced. I knew of Boot Hill and Gamma World from the PHB; I knew of Star Frontiers from comics... I finally got to try Star Frontiers in Sept 1983... game was fine, GM was good. Love the setting. But the group was too large. I got invited to a Traveller game... note: My avatar is a recolored version of the MegaTraveller Shattered Imperial Starburst... which many don't realize is also an overview of the factions of MegaTraveller... Running MegaTraveller last year, I realized I could have a better player experience and similar stories with Alien and FFG Star Wars. Running D&D Cyclopedia currently, have decided it's time to get rid of the dead tree; I'm not going to run it again. And it's the least problematic edition for me. Running d6 Star Wars shortly before the pandemic, I found myself preferring to run FFG. I've plenty of nostalgia — for the physical artefacts —about many old games, but little desire to actually ever play them again. D6 I can run without emotional distress, but it's not the first choice. [/QUOTE]

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