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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 9388343" data-attributes="member: 5038">No, you are not alone.I started with Holmes Basic.  I enjoyed the feel of Basic D&D and AD&D 1e provided I ignored things like psionics (due to mechanics), Expedition to the Barrier, certain spells, and certain monsters,. The same was true of early AD&D 2e using the core books and some of the player handbook reference series. However, I came to dislike the mechanics of early D&D. 5e is an edition that I like using the core rules, some third party material, and a few house rules (e.g. removing certain PHB races, subclasses, and various spells).In contrast, I dislike 5e's official supplements. I found SCAG, Xanathar's, and Tasha's to all be very disappointing with Tasha's player material being the worst for my taste (and I am refraining from writing what I really feel Tasha's to avoid not only disparaging a product that others might like, but the designers as desginers). Therefore, my, overall, feeling toward the 2024 previews is pretty much the same as it is towards Tasha's- although, I have found a few things worth stealing from the 2024 previewsI am still willing to run a house ruled 3e or 5e 2014 using core books and third party material. However, with 5e 2024 moving farther away from the fantasy I prefer, I find myself more interested in running/playing the following rather than continuing to house rule 3e or 5e:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Savage Worlds (Lankhmar, Solomon Kane, Beasts & Barbarians, Hellfrost, Sundered Skies),</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Barbarians of Lemuria/Sword & Sorcery Codex;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Honor + Intrigue; and</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Witcher</li> </ul>The new Conan Quickstart from Monolith looks interesting and Conan may be an addition to the above list.</blockquote>

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