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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5353591" data-attributes="member: 19675">As someone who has played (and enjoyed) every edition back to AD&D and up to 4Ed, I can't say Essentials has really grabbed me.Yes, there are certain changes in it that make it more similar to previous editions...but not so many that I actually want to spend money on it.  Its still 4Ed, and I've bought enough of that to last me until 5Ed pops up.To be clear: I think that 4Ed is a decent game, and I'm loving playing my 4Ed Dwarven Starlock.  Its just that too much was changed- even with the Essentials "givebacks"- that it doesn't seem like D&D to me.  Its a good FRPG, just not the D&D experience I'm looking for.And Essentials simply doesn't give back enough of the 4Ed design changes to appeal to me as a significant change worthy of purchase.</blockquote>