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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Musing Mage" data-source="post: 8439663" data-attributes="member: 7025552">Cut my teeth on BECMI and quickly dove headlong into RPGs from there.BECMI: 1986 - 1989. (with a barely non-existent dabble in 1e. I had the books but not the patience to figure out the nuance as I was young, stupid, and impatient. Also played Palladium games heavily during this time)AD&D 2nd Edition: 1989 - 2019. This was my go-to for many, many years. Still playing some Palladium in there until about '95 when I gave up all other games but D&D. Was introduced to the player's options around 2000, and in 2001 started what went on to be an 18 year campaign that I wrapped up in 2019 when I retired from DMing 2nd Edition and concentrate on 1st Edition (and as it turned out 5th edition).AD&D 1st Edition: 2013 - present. So, as mentioned I had the stuff as a kid but never properly delved into it until 8 years ago when I started taking an earnest look at what AD&D had to offer, and something just clicked. I could not believe how wonderfully nuanced the system was, and the 1e DMG is a work of mad-genius. After running several 1e games concurrently with a handful of 2e games, I ultimately decided that 1e was preferable to me so 2e got shelved. (lots of damn fine gaming hours in 2e though!)D&D 3.5: 2006 - 2012(ish). Played in a couple of friends games on and off. Was dissatisfied so gave it up and never looked back.D&D 5e: 2019 - present. Early in 2018 some friends and I hired a DM for Hire here in Toronto. We were curious about A) checking out 5th Ed, and B) What did a 'professional DM' bring to the table to justify charging for the game. Sadly neither 5e nor the professional`s skills as DM were overly impressive to us. I ultimately softened my stance on 5e after deciding to give the books a proper read, and came to like a lot of what it has to offer, and as such I am now running a campaign on Roll20 for my remote friends, and thinking of getting another up and running.</blockquote>

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