Grognard good...grognard bad

[Bullgrit]

...crotchety...

I notice you left off the "foolish" part of "foolish and crotchety".

Bullgrit

 

[darkseraphim]

I think the point of labeling oneself a grognard is to make one simple statement: "I was there."

Kind of an "I shook Sinatra's hand" kind of thing. Anything beyond that is baggage in one form or another!

 

[Silverblade The Ench]

I was answering to the meaning presented in the first lines of the OP:

I'm not suggesting anything about Napoleon's army.

Bullgrit

well, what some folks seem to be forgetting, or not realizing, is that the term can mean DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE!
this is a general point, not aimed at Bullgrit.

To me, if you like an older edition for "good" reasons, you are just "old school" or "1st ed lover" etc. this is not a bad thing to me!! It is just their fave/love etc, that is all.
I like AC/DC, some folk like Eminem.
it is cool.

what is not cool, are nitwits who jsut won't give something new a fair chance. Because life is all about CHANGE like it or damn well not.
hm, it's like the Monty Python sketch with the old gits complaining about how tough they had it when they were a lad!

Many folk forget that the love of edition "x" is rooted often in youthfull first experience. First loves maybe the most memorable, but they are also often the biggest pains in the backside, EVAH!! lol

anyway. IMHO, WOTC needs to embrace the old school players, too. theya re just as important, because as time goes on, there will be 4th ed "Old Schoolers" then 5th, 6th....etc etc.

what interest might there be in official re-prints or updates of the previous editions, etc?

 

[carmachu]

People who prefer AD&D1, AD&D2, or D&D3 (or OD&D, B/XD&D, or BECMID&D) *have* those games. WotC doesn't need to cater to those folks; those folks already have years of material for those editions.

Bullgrit

But they dont have EVERYTHING those edtions put out. And it costs them nothing to leave the PDF's available for them.