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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 8751542" data-attributes="member: 11">Do I count as a grognard? I started in '83 with B/X and then moved on to AD&D1E. I played those games + BEMCI, 2E, 3.xE and now 5E (I sampled and discarded 4E).Anyway, I think it will be fine. The direction of the D&D brand has not always been to my liking and precise desires for the game - but me and my groups have always found ways to have fun.And I am not sure why we need to be limited to one rule-set. The One D&D announcement made me excited to see what there would be to adopt for my current 5E games, but also made me bite the bullet and dig into OSR gaming (DCC), which a friend is running because those are fun too.Look, it is all D&D. . . WotC may own the license for D&D, but actual D&D is whatever we play at our tables, however we play it. A rising tide lifts all boats and every new person who is introduced to the game via 5E and its iterations is one more person who might also discover so-called old-school gaming through that connection to the community that they very likely would not have discovered otherwise.And never say never. When 3E came out I was over the moon about it and was like, "I can't understand why anyone would continue to play 2E when this was available." Now, 20 years later, I am much more likely to go back to playing 2E than to try 3.xE again. My tastes have changed (again) and I figure they may change yet again. Who can say?</blockquote>