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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cybertalus" data-source="post: 1708052" data-attributes="member: 4400">Very rarely.  I'm eagerly anticipating the release of the new Basic Set in the hopes that I can get my 8 year-old nephew started on D&D.  Aside from that the last two releases I was eager for were the FRCS (which exceeded even my very high expectations), and Song and Silence (mostly for the Thief-Acrobat, which completely disappointed me).  In fact generally I dread new releases because they're usually one more thing that everyone else is going ga-ga over, while I'm sitting over in a corner wondering what all the fuss is about.I do know where you're coming from though.  For most of the 2E years (up until the Player's Option line came out), there was usually at least one release a month from TSR that I was really looking forward to, that I just couldn't wait to get my hands on.  Back then I'd say I definitely was into the hobby more for buying and reading new products than I was for actually using them in a game.  And totally living in the future in the sense that at least half the enjoyment I got out of any product was in the anticipation of getting it.These days I buy a lot fewer books, but I get a lot more use out of the ones I do buy.  Somehow though I don't seem to be buying any fewer dice.</blockquote>