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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8558915" data-attributes="member: 6987520">I had a conversation with my oldest friend/player yesterday and this came up.I told him I do not consider myself a &quot;gamer&quot; really anymore (back when D&amp;D was more taboo I did) because I don't really care for any RPGs other than D&amp;D. Sure, I used to play Shadowrun and Vampire a long time ago, but even those games were just to take a 2-3 month break from D&amp;D while I got the next campaign organized.I don't do a lot of the things other gamers do, such as go to conventions (no desire to at all!), watch anime (a couple movies and one series is all I have ever watched) or read comics (never go into them), collect dice or minis (or paint them), no larping, etc. I also don't play video games anymore--and even when I did the list was fairly short (NFS, Tomb Raider, StarCraft, Thief, KOTOR).Anyway, my friend LOVES trying out new RPGs and systems, saying how he likes 13th Age and Savage Worlds (I've looked at them but they just don't appeal to me at all), among others (like SR and Vampire). He's played B/X back when we first started in '78, then AD&amp;D, BECMI, 2E, 3E, 4E, PF, and now 5E. In that respect we are fairly different.Even the players in my current group, I would only consider one (maybe two) of them a gamer in the sense of the above hobbies and he likes trying all sorts of RPGs / genres / etc. Most of us aren't gamers (in that sense) but simply enjoy playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging&nbsp; &nbsp; :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /> So, I am sympathize with DMs and players who want to try other games, but I can't really empathize with you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 8558915, member: 6987520"] I had a conversation with my oldest friend/player yesterday and this came up. I told him I do not consider myself a "gamer" really anymore (back when D&D was more taboo I did) because I don't really care for any RPGs [I]other[/I] than D&D. Sure, I used to play Shadowrun and Vampire a long time ago, but even those games were just to take a 2-3 month break from D&D while I got the next campaign organized. I don't do a lot of the things other gamers do, such as go to conventions (no desire to at all!), watch anime (a couple movies and one series is all I have ever watched) or read comics (never go into them), collect dice or minis (or paint them), no larping, etc. I also don't play video games anymore--and even when I did the list was fairly short (NFS, Tomb Raider, StarCraft, Thief, KOTOR). Anyway, my friend LOVES trying out new RPGs and systems, saying how he likes 13th Age and Savage Worlds (I've looked at them but they just don't appeal to me at all), among others (like SR and Vampire). He's played B/X back when we first started in '78, then AD&D, BECMI, 2E, 3E, 4E, PF, and now 5E. In that respect we are fairly different. Even the players in my current group, I would only consider one (maybe two) of them a gamer in the sense of the above hobbies and he likes trying all sorts of RPGs / genres / etc. Most of us aren't gamers (in that sense) but simply enjoy playing D&D. 🤷‍♂️ So, I am sympathize with DMs and players who want to try other games, but I can't really empathize with you. [/QUOTE]

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