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Message: <blockquote data-quote="buddhafrog" data-source="post: 5343932" data-attributes="member: 86605">good post.Interestingly, I'm the type of person you are talking about.  I played daily for a few years in the 80's (AD&D, not the Red Box), then I sort of just stopped as my DM brother moved out of the house and life changed.  I started playing again only last Christmas when I ordered a ton of minis for my 9 year old son to play with -- and it sort of hit me like a brick -- "why the heck don't I play D&D with him?"  It's one of the best decisions I've made in years for my own enjoyment, let alone my son's.  I researched which version to play and decided upon 4e only b/c it was the newest and thus more likely to be the most accessible for my son.  I love my AD&D memories and experience.  But 4e is great for me, and in particular, the way we play it (more gritty, less healing surges, a few homebrews, etc).I can't compare it to 2e, 3e, or 3.5.  But from jumping from AD&D to 4e, I was very, very happy.  I've matured and I like the added complexity and strategy compared to AD&D.  More so, I think it is the best game for my son b/c it might be a little more tangible, and the power system is one that he can grasp the concept of pretty easily.  And yes, since I started playing again, I've given more cash to WoTC than my wife would like to know.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I listened to a WOTC podcast that clearly emphasized that the Red Box is for new players, but using the exact Red Box graphics was also specifically in hopes that old gamers would see it sitting on the shelf at Target, etc, and buy it for their children - bringing new gamers into D&D.  I think this commercial does a pretty good job with that one specific goal.</blockquote>

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