I'm kissing D&D good-bye: here's why

[Henry]

The child will grow up, situations will change, and D&D may well become an important part of your gaming life. Don't sell it, or at least not the core books. If nothing else, your baby girl (or boy) is one day going to walk up to you and say, "Daddy, what's D&D?"

(or "mommy", I couldn't tell by your post. )

 

[Psion]

Gee, here I was expecting another tiresome system rant...

I'm curious to know if I'm the only person here who is finding it necessary to "downsize" his RPG life because of the pressures and joys of the "adult world". Has anyone else here decided to focus on a single game due to (a) lack of time and (b) a desire to master *one* thing?

I only have time for one game at a time, and know I well never have time to run all the games I want to.

But still, selling all your D&D stuff seems rash to me. Although I only have time for one game at a time, I also like changes of pace.

Also, if you are going to "master" all things d20 Modern, considering it has fewer third party supplements, you'd want to try to get all of them, right?

Then of course, you would want the Second World Sourcebook(
Buy - Info), right? Well, to make best use of the second world sourcebook, you need both D&D and d20 Modern. So obviously, you can't get rid of all your D&D stuff, right?

Certainly, there is nothing wrong with "downsizing", but you might want to hold onto your core books and some better supplements, just in case the mood strikes you.

 

[Mystery Man]

So I'm going to sell off all my D&D stuff (including my rather sizable collection of miniatures) and focus on becoming a true zen master of d20 Modern.

You're gonna kick yourself big time in a couple years. In a couple months even.

 

[diaglo]

Heck, I suspectthe reason some of us are here on the internet is because we no longer are able to play like we once were.

yes, i am proof of that.

Cowpie Zombie,

take everyone's advice and stow away your D&D stuff. don't get rid of it. unless you have to for financial or spacial reasons.

 

[Desdichado]

Since almost all of your D&D stuff should be compatible with d20 Modern, I don't see how selling it off is a good idea. I'm also not sure what you mean by being a "zen master" of d20 Modern, or why that precludes you from even owning other material for another game within the same d20 system.

For somewhat similar reasons, I've pared back my Werewolf buying, and any other games that I used to buy here and there (although I did still buy Decipher's Lord of the Rings RPG just because it's Lord of the Rings.) I now concentrate on d20, but d20 includes D&D, d20 Modern, d20 Call of Cthulhu, d20 Star Wars, and potentially even d20 Wheel of Time as well for me.

And I work full time and have four kids, and have other hobbies, including non-roleplaying games that take a significant amount of time (I have a second Blood Bowl team to paint, and a third and fourth to finish assembling. And then paint. To give you one example.) Although I also don't have a desire to be a "zen master" of any system, and don't understand exactly what that means, so maybe that's where we differ.

 

[Davelozzi]

I agree with the crowd here. If you have lots of stuff and space is an issue, sell your supplements or whatever, but I'd recommend keeping the core books at least. If you want to focues on Modern, go for it. But as for D&D, don't feel like you need to keep up with the new releases every month and the stuff in Dragon and Dungeon. The core books are all you need, and the basics will be the same as Modern anyway so if you're a zen master there you should be able to run the occasional D&D game easily if the urge ever comes back. The three books won't take up much space, and if you keep 'em, they'll be there if you need a break from Modern (or can't find a group for it at some point).

 

[JimAde]

These guys are all crazy. You should definitely sell all your stuff as quickly as possible, especially your miniatures. In fact, I'll be glad to give you, say, fifty cents each for the whole lot.

*rubs hands together and twirls mustache wickedly*



Seriously, I'm in the same boat as you. I'm currently running two games but will probably reduce it to one soon.

 

[Cowpie Zombie]

Yeah, yeah. The real reason is because you Torontonians are too good for D&D, isn't it?

ACH! Bite your tongue, man! I'm from British Columbia! The REAL "Center of the Universe!"

 

[d4]

Since almost all of your D&D stuff should be compatible with d20 Modern, I don't see how selling it off is a good idea.

especially your "monster" books. D&D monsters can be used pretty much seamlessly in d20 Modern, so you should definitely keep those resources around, at the very least.

 

[buzz]

I'll add my vote for not ditching all of your D&D stuff. At the very least, it can't hurt to keep the core books; they're all you really need, anyway. Don't worry about keeping up with Dragon, Dungeon, and supplements.

A few years back, when I thought I'd given up gaming forever (riiight...), I sold off a large protion of my game collection. Most of it I don't miss, but there are definitely a few that I seriously regret parting with (old Chaosium products, mostly).