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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 3798857" data-attributes="member: 20854">I don't want to get into a fruitless debate over preferences, but I do want to comment on nostalgia.Rose-colored glasses only alter your perception when you're looking back.  When you actually go back and experience whatever was prompting your nostaliga, the glasses stop working.  At that point, the experience must stand on its own merit: it either lives up to your nostalgic expectation, or it falls flat.  Nostaliga might prompt someone to re-experience something, but nostalgia won't keep them there for long.  And often, nostalgic-driven experiences are disappointments; the book isn't as good as you remebered from your youth, the T.V. show isn't as great as you remembered, et cetera.People who are currently playing and enjoying older editions are typically not doing it for nostalgia.  Nostalgia might have started the ball rolling, but it's not enough to keep you playing.  The experience has to stand on its own merit.  For me, and for many others, the experience does stand on its own merit.  I prefer it.Another oft-heard comment is the idea that "you'll never be 13 again," implying that the experience will never be the same as it was.  I agree that you'll never be 13 again.  I agree that the experience will never be *exactly* the same as it was.  However, that doesn't mean the experience won't be good...or even better than it was, before.In my case, I enjoy the older editions more, now, than I did when I first played them.  I'm a much better DM.  I have a much better understanding of the older editions, of how to run a game, of what's fun and what works for me, et cetera. My $0.02; take it or leave it.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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