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Message: <blockquote data-quote="broghammerj" data-source="post: 6357231" data-attributes="member: 1869">A few random thoughts as a lapsed DND gamer (hated 4E and life got more complex with kids around 2007).  I didn't do any playtesting but have read a bit about it here and there.1. I am excited about this edition.  Fan involvement couldn't have been handled better.  The marketing/playtesting have been totally different compared to 4E.  I don't get the sense that what I used to do was bad/not fun/wrong and this edition will be super cool!  I think this will help to bring back old timers like me and boost sales.2. I think DnD can't enter another golden age until they can make a kid version that gets the future generation involved.  I've got a 3, 6, and 7 yo.  The 7 yo can read and is very bright (sounds narcissistic but my other kids are pretty average).  I would love to play some form of DnD with them.  The board games don't really cut it.  Until they have something that can sell the DnD brand to them there won't be another golden age.  For example, the older two both play Settlers of Cataan Junior and love it.3. DnD has to capture some sort of wave of recent changes in pop culture.  Game of Thrones is super popular.  We've had the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Harry Potter, Walking Dead, all Marvel movies, etc.  All of these things essentially represent the fantasy/sci-fi stuff that has become pretty mainstream.  Imagine if I would have told you that one of the most popular fantasy series of modern time would become an HBO hit, the classic fantasy series that spawned the idea of DnD would become a set of blockbuster movies, a comic book would be transformed into one of the most popular TV shows, etc.  You would have told me that I was crazy.   Somehow DnD has to break through that culture barrier to become mainstream.</blockquote>

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