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Message: <blockquote data-quote="innerdude" data-source="post: 5734652" data-attributes="member: 85870">I don't know about were-grognardia as a disease. I mean, like most forms of lycanthropy, don't you have to catch it by being bitten? Dude, getting bitten by a grognard must SUCK. I mean, the beard, the smell of grog, the endless litany of how much better things were in the "old days" . . . .   <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    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />In all seriousness, it's not strange at all. I think as we age as gamers, we start to bring a level of sophistication to our tastes in gaming we didn't have before. Combine that with ever-decreasing amounts of time to actually PLAY our hobby of choice, and it's only natural to explore ways to maximize the fun and enjoyment of every minute we have to play. If that means going back to simpler, more "freewheeling" styles of play inherent in older editions of D&D (or other systems entirely), that's okay. Myself personally, I just wrapped up GM-ing a 4.5 month Pathfinder mini-campaign.......and to be honest, I could see myself easily not going back to ANY iteration of D&D for at least a couple of years, if not longer. For one, the next 2 GMs for our group are pretty committed to GURPS as a system (which I'm fine with playing, mostly, though I'd never, ever want to GM it). But even more than that, I've got an entire shelf of games currently piquing my interest far more than D&D/Pathfinder: <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Picked up a used copy of Mongoose Runequest Deluxe in hardcover for $12.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Also bought a used copy of Ars Magica 3rd edition for the same price.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Just bought Legends of Anglerre to try out a FATE-based system.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I'm DYING to try my brand spanking new copy of The One Ring, and will likely buy the 2 scheduled expansions for it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I've only gotten a small taste of Savage Worlds, and would love to go farther with it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">And just lately, I've had a real hankering to do some more Star Wars gaming as well (either WEG d6 or Saga Edition).</li> </ol>To say nothing of other games that are on my radar, but probably won't get much attention in the near-term: Warhammer FRP, Dragon Age, Fantasy Craft, Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG, Traveller........And it's not as if there aren't a fistful of free retroclones out there too, if I felt so inclined to try out OSRIC, Labyrinth Lord, or Dark Dungeons. Bottom line: yeah, it's totally not just you. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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