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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6346218" data-attributes="member: 996">When I 'look around' I see 5 tables of 4e running at my FLGS.&nbsp; Local conditions vary.&nbsp; There's two other venues in my area, one of them's all Pathfinder and WH40k.&nbsp; The third is running fewer tables, but has more interest in 5e.&nbsp; People self-selecting, again.&nbsp;It is, but it's always tempting to see if you can't adapt the latest thing to your old game, and, once you start looking at the latest game, you just might find it has some redeeming qualities.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />And, while there are a lot of things that held true in all rev-rolls, there was one important difference in the form of the OGL.&nbsp; 3.5 players have had continuous ongoing support for the game the whole time.&nbsp; So there was really no pressure at all, on them to give a later game - 4e, or now, 5e, for that matter - a chance.&nbsp;Not without regard, but there are other things at work.&nbsp; A game with nothing new coming out provokes less buzz and discussion, for instance, so the community gets quieter, which gives the impression that perhaps it's shrinking.&nbsp; No new material can eventually make an old game seem less interesting.&nbsp; 3.5 may never experience those factors, since the OGL allows it to be supported in perpetuity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6346218, member: 996"] When I 'look around' I see 5 tables of 4e running at my FLGS. Local conditions vary. There's two other venues in my area, one of them's all Pathfinder and WH40k. The third is running fewer tables, but has more interest in 5e. People self-selecting, again. It is, but it's always tempting to see if you can't adapt the latest thing to your old game, and, once you start looking at the latest game, you just might find it has some redeeming qualities. ;) And, while there are a lot of things that held true in all rev-rolls, there was one important difference in the form of the OGL. 3.5 players have had continuous ongoing support for the game the whole time. So there was really no pressure at all, on them to give a later game - 4e, or now, 5e, for that matter - a chance. Not without regard, but there are other things at work. A game with nothing new coming out provokes less buzz and discussion, for instance, so the community gets quieter, which gives the impression that perhaps it's shrinking. No new material can eventually make an old game seem less interesting. 3.5 may never experience those factors, since the OGL allows it to be supported in perpetuity. [/QUOTE]

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