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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 9703757" data-attributes="member: 25619">Adding to anecdotes and vibes … from 4 groups I’m involved with - DM of the first 3.1) 5 players in 3.5e on email, 1 is a game producer (including console RPG credits). 3 have played 5e or BG3, 2 have even mentioned 5e24 exists, 0 interested in it.2) 5 players in 3.5e on email, 1 has done a corporate job in gaming.  4 have played 5e or BG3, 0 have even mentioned 5e24 exists, 0 interested in it.3) 7 players in 3.5e in person for one-shot on July 5th.  Game was my adaption of the “Fast-Play Game”, a variant of 2e in 1998.  1 is also a player in #2 (who has played BG3), 1 (his 21 yo son) has DM’d 5e2014 but had never been a player, 1 played AD&D in the 1980’s, and the other 4 had never played.  The two youngest (17 and 19) had never played but were aware of the game from YouTube actual play.  The 19 year old has seen many videos from different groups, but this was the first time anyone asked her to play.  Only the 21 yo - who just graduated from college and is working on an indie computer game - talked about 5e2024 with me (we talked a lot of gaming), and unsurprisingly no one suggested playing it.4) I’m one of 5 players in an online 5e2014 game that converted to 5e2024.  We switched because the DM wanted to.  So far as I know, none of us has bought the physical books.  The DM required us to buy the 5e2024 PHB on D&D Beyond and convert our characters there.  I think most of the players including me don’t really know/care what the difference is, except for the tax form like “fun” of having to redo their own 9th level PC with the command to make it as close as possible.So what’s my point …in my gaming world, only 1 person - the DM in #4 - cares about 5e2024.But here on ENworld, yeah, the online enthusiasts care.</blockquote>

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