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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JeffB" data-source="post: 5084676" data-attributes="member: 518">These are my feelings as wel. 12- 15 years ago, I might have disagreed- I came to the conclusion that I vastly preferred the Greyhawk Folio over Gary's boxed set. Or The Adventure Begins & Player's Guides over FTA and the Living Greyhawk Gaz. I LOVED the Scarred Lands Gaz, and hated the hardcover. and yes, the OGB (and FR1-5) through anything produced in the 2E and 3E era.Nowadays I'll take the lightly supported frameworks- whether its the Nentir Vale, the FRCS, or the upcoming Dark Sun books. It as mentioned also opens up room for MORE settings and the core supplements like Open Grave, MotP  & AV are extremely adaptable to any setting whether I want to run FR, or my homebrew Nentir Vale, or my homewbrew S&S setting.As for the crunchy books- I only bought the PHB1/2 and MM1/2. So it doesn't really bother me what WOTC continues to pump out on that front. If players want to use XYZ Power-they can buy the book and get it approved (or not) by me. I'm not falling into the 3E trap of feeling the need to constantly buy more and more and more splats. The only "rule books" I plan on picking up are DMG2, MM3, and I'll likely grab the red box/essentials line just for fun <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 think the direction WOTC has gone down, and is going down is great. I don't mean to sound like a fanboy but I've been super happy and excited with the revamp to the D&D line/business. They seem to be catering to my tastes and needs. I did not care for the late 2E/3E era of WOTC on the whole- the products-the design philosophy, the magazines, etc etc.</blockquote>

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