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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Faxfire683" data-source="post: 9796061" data-attributes="member: 7044370">I’ll approach your question a bit differently than others. I started playing D&D about three years ago. The starter box intrigued me at the store for several years, especially during that time in and after COVID lockdowns when nothing new was coming to shelves due to supply chain issues. 5e 2014 is all there was as far as I was concerned at that point. There’s also people pulled in by Baldurs Gate 3, for whom this is the version of the game on the store and the internet they can readily find, buy, and play.A generation of younger players and people that generally don’t hang out on these forums happily plays this game, and many are almost totally unaware of previous editions other than some other sections of the D&D Wikipedia page, let alone the vast catalog of retro clones, OSR games, and other TTRPGs. I enjoy branching out and earlier versions of the game intrigue me, but I know I will rarely find a curated group of players in my social circle that have the interest and time to learn them. So 5e is the game we play. It feels familiar, safe, like the first game you played probably does. And people will probably be playing 5e this same way in several decades, just like the version you found and fell in love with. It’ll be the one we have fond memories of and some people will teach their kids or grandkids with their old, cracked, faded copies of the Players Handbook. And they’ll likely wonder why other people enjoy in whatever a 6e or 7e looks like if they occur, as Morris pointed out. It’s awesome that you have tried 5e, but if it’s not to your taste, that makes sense. We should play what gives us joy, because creation and connection with the people we are playing with is what I think makes this hobby unique and valuable. I hope I get to find folks like you in my time to experience the joy of previous editions with, but that’s not everyone either. Thanks for asking an earnest question!</blockquote>

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