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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 4908639" data-attributes="member: 7006">I miss the feeling of being a new player and experiencing everything to do with the game with a fresh set of eyes the first few times through.Game mechanics themselves mean little to me.&nbsp; I've played almost every edition of (A)D&amp;D, as well as a dozen other RPG game systems... and thus I've experienced most types of play along with most of the best game rules designed to facilitate them.&nbsp; So changes here and there over the years to various games makes little difference in the grand scheme of things.However, after playing RPGs for over 20 years, there's a shorthand, an ease of playing, and a metagame knowledge that I now have, regardless of the game I'm in and which I can't turn off... and that has taken some of the magic away.&nbsp; I occasionally wish I could go back to the time where &quot;Statue in the hallway? Check it for traps.&quot; wasn't something we all did by rote.&nbsp; I know I can never get that feeling back, but it's definitely the thing I miss the most.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 4908639, member: 7006"] I miss the [I]feeling[/I] of being a new player and experiencing everything to do with the game with a fresh set of eyes the first few times through. Game mechanics themselves mean little to me. I've played almost every edition of (A)D&D, as well as a dozen other RPG game systems... and thus I've experienced most types of play along with most of the best game rules designed to facilitate them. So changes here and there over the years to various games makes little difference in the grand scheme of things. However, after playing RPGs for over 20 years, there's a shorthand, an ease of playing, and a metagame knowledge that I now have, regardless of the game I'm in and which I can't turn off... and that has taken [I]some[/I] of the magic away. I occasionally wish I could go back to the time where "Statue in the hallway? Check it for traps." wasn't something we all did by rote. I know I can never get that feeling back, but it's definitely the thing I miss the most. [/QUOTE]

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