I had some years in the mid-late 1990s of little or no gaming. I moved to London in June 2000 just as 3e was coming out... been playing ever since, apart from a year when my son was born.
D&D General Did You "Return" because of some Edition of D&D?
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delericho
Legend
Sort of, twice.
The first time was when I left high school and went to university. This led to a hiatus from gaming entirely, and then a long time playing World of Darkness. When 3e was announced, this led to me dusting off 2nd Ed for one last campaign, and then moving to 3e on release.
Later, I skipped 4e almost entirely. I didn't really stop gaming that time, but stayed with 3.5e. But I was definitely seeing the warts in that system by the end! 5e probably stopped me just giving up... for now.
The first time was when I left high school and went to university. This led to a hiatus from gaming entirely, and then a long time playing World of Darkness. When 3e was announced, this led to me dusting off 2nd Ed for one last campaign, and then moving to 3e on release.
Later, I skipped 4e almost entirely. I didn't really stop gaming that time, but stayed with 3.5e. But I was definitely seeing the warts in that system by the end! 5e probably stopped me just giving up... for now.
Audiomancer
Adventurer
After playing B/X and 1st Edition from 1982 to 1989, I stopped playing RPGs altogether. Partly because I didn’t feel like re-buying rulebooks for 2nd Edition, but mostly because my gaming group scattered to the winds when we hit college.
Fast-forward to 2014, when I started seeing articles online about how a new edition of D&D was coming out, and it looked pretty good. I ordered the PHB on a whim and liked it, so I ordered the MM and some dice, then the DMG when that came out.
I didn’t actually find a table to play at until 2016, and that group broke up after about a year and a half. I finally switched over to online play earlier this year.
*I remember being tempted by the 4th Edition rulebooks a few years earlier when I saw them at a chain bookstore (remember those?) But at the time, the $120 price tag was more than I felt like spending on a lark. The next time I made my way to the store, the number of rulebooks had jumped from three to six, and I lost interest.
Fast-forward to 2014, when I started seeing articles online about how a new edition of D&D was coming out, and it looked pretty good. I ordered the PHB on a whim and liked it, so I ordered the MM and some dice, then the DMG when that came out.
I didn’t actually find a table to play at until 2016, and that group broke up after about a year and a half. I finally switched over to online play earlier this year.
*I remember being tempted by the 4th Edition rulebooks a few years earlier when I saw them at a chain bookstore (remember those?) But at the time, the $120 price tag was more than I felt like spending on a lark. The next time I made my way to the store, the number of rulebooks had jumped from three to six, and I lost interest.
Ath'kethin
Elder Thing
I stopped playing when 4e came out. That had as much to do with getting married as anything else, but it's also true that I disagreed with 4e's changes and omissions relative to 3.x. but I never stopped thinking and reading about the game.
When the Next playtest started a few years later I was interested and downloaded all the playtest stuff. I really liked what I saw (and I'm still disappointed that a lot of the stuff didn't make the final cut), and I dove back in full-scale when the 5e stuff was released.
Ironically, I play DCC almost exclusively now.
When the Next playtest started a few years later I was interested and downloaded all the playtest stuff. I really liked what I saw (and I'm still disappointed that a lot of the stuff didn't make the final cut), and I dove back in full-scale when the 5e stuff was released.
Ironically, I play DCC almost exclusively now.
Never really left the hobby but most of my life I have lived in an area with little opportunities. That has now changed thanks to VTTs
Plaguescarred
Hero
I returned to gaming in 2005 after a hiatus of 6 years when i got my daughters. The current edition of D&D was 3.5 but i went back to AD&D 2nd edition, since it was the one i knew better. You never forget your first love as we say!
MNblockhead
A Title Much Cooler Than Anything on the Old Site
Stopped playing 1e in around '88 for Warhammer Fantasy and other games (Star Frontiers, Paranoia, a friend's homebrew system, and others). Stopped playing TTRPGs altogether when I went to college. Got back into gaming again when I moved back to the US and my hometown where I still had some friends from highschool in the mid 2000s, but that was almost all board games. I was interested in running D&D but never got beyond browsing through some 4e and Pathfinder books that really didn't grab me. When the 5e PHP came out I browsed it at a FLGS and was immediately hooked.
Blue
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
I never took a hiatus from RPGs except for not having a group back in parts of the 80s.
I have had groups come back together that were on hiatus. Those often were because someone had a new RPG they pitched to us that was enough to overcome whatever scheduling/burnout/other RL issue that broke the group. None of them were D&D - if we were interested enough in playing D&D we would have been playing D&D.
I have had groups come back together that were on hiatus. Those often were because someone had a new RPG they pitched to us that was enough to overcome whatever scheduling/burnout/other RL issue that broke the group. None of them were D&D - if we were interested enough in playing D&D we would have been playing D&D.
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I returned because in 2018 a bunch of my students dragged me into this new campaign they started (apparently when Critical Role hit Youtube), so my jump was from original AD&D straight into 5e. In retrospect, it looks like I missed a lot.
