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Message: <blockquote data-quote="malkav666" data-source="post: 4969093" data-attributes="member: 70565">I started out buying strong in 4e (bought PHB 1&2, AV, the power books right up to arcane, open grave, manual of the planes, FR (both books), and the first two adventures). I could not get it to float with my primary group. We ran it hard for about a year, and finally just sat down and talked about it and decided as a group that it really was not a game we wished to continue playing. I played with my alt group with 4e for a few more months, then they gave me a call one weekend and said that they had decided that 4e was no longer a game they wished to play (said they were going back to 2e with some 3 peppered in and told me they would understand if I wanted to leave but they hoped I did not. I stuck around).So after that I started trying to get a RPGA game running at the local FLGS, with little to no interest from locals. So I quit buying the stuff and started running my core group through Dungeonaday.com, which we converted to Pathfinder rules when it was released.Haven't really looked back since I left. I still buy a couple packs of whatever tiles WOTC is putting out, and I still buy miniatures (especially like being able to see one, it encourages me to buy more than one pack per set), and occasionally I still even pick a couple of precons of whatever version of magic is in print to play with my pals (though this is only about once a year, with some years skipped. It has been like that for us since the URZA block, so that has been going on for a few years).I don't really have any interest in buying anything else for 4e. Although if they released a giant module going from 1-30 or a compilation of the current path in a single unit I might buy that to use when it is time to teach my boy to play D&D, as I think 4e is a fabulous way to get into the hobby, and would be perfect for a game with children, as it is kind of a stepping stone from boardgames to more complex/robust systems (that's not a me saying 4e sucks comment, just that its not all that complex and its pretty easy to pick up).But other than that WOTC has the money that they will get from me on 4e D&D. I will keep an eye out for 5e. I may or may not buy depending on how it is designed (if it is very similar to 4e I think I will end up skipping it as well). But I am not bitter about it and will definitely be on the lookout for new stuff from wizards. I am a long time customer, and even though it is obvious that the new edition isn't really for me, I am not going to quit them and never look at their stuff again over one failed expedition. I will keep looking and if they start releasing stuff I want to buy, I have no issue about getting back on board.On a final note, I think it is fair to mention that if PDFs were available of old edition materials and priced fairly I would not mind getting some legal copies of a lot of that stuff (with good bookmarks no less) for my back collection. So I would also be willing to open my wallet for that venture.love,malkav</blockquote>

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