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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 1894458" data-attributes="member: 10784"><p>Well, I just turned 38 last week and have been playing since I was in that 10-14 year old age range. I think 3.0/3.5 is the best incarnation of D&D, as the system seems more comprehensive than prior editions. We seem to have far fewer rules disputes than in the past - they were a weekly occurence in 2E days, and they would sometimes get fairly heated. Any rules disputes at all in 3E seem to be few & far between. Now, if I can just find time to take a break from chasing my 21 month old daughter around and actually game regularly...</p><p></p><p>That said, however, we generally stick to the 3 main core books of the PHB, DMG and MM. I think we have had 1 or 2 prestige classes since 3E came out. Not sure about NPCs, but that is just for PCs in a rather large gaming group. The group DM has a library of 3E/3.5 books that he uses, but the rest of the group mostly uses just the PHB. A few of the guys buy other books just to have them (I tend to buy Kalamar stuff, and I did tip our DM off to Midnight...) </p><p></p><p>Back in 2E days, the group had a few more books and it was more common for us to have PCs that used "kits". However, other than our group DM, nobody was really loaded down with 80 pounds of books in our 2E libraries.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure how "the guys" used 1E, as I didn't join this group until the mid-late 90s.</p><p></p><p>Our gaming problem is not finding gamers (we can find plenty of those) - it is now that we're all in our 30s, with one guy in his early 40s - we just do not have the time to devote to gaming. Two of us are married with non-gaming wives and we have 3 small children between the two of us. Our group DM had major surgery. The DM's best friend has an odd job that requires him to work alternate Friday nights or Saturday nights. The two guys that can make it weekly are the old time stereotype of geeks: unmotivated geeky types with no social lives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 1894458, member: 10784"] Well, I just turned 38 last week and have been playing since I was in that 10-14 year old age range. I think 3.0/3.5 is the best incarnation of D&D, as the system seems more comprehensive than prior editions. We seem to have far fewer rules disputes than in the past - they were a weekly occurence in 2E days, and they would sometimes get fairly heated. Any rules disputes at all in 3E seem to be few & far between. Now, if I can just find time to take a break from chasing my 21 month old daughter around and actually game regularly... That said, however, we generally stick to the 3 main core books of the PHB, DMG and MM. I think we have had 1 or 2 prestige classes since 3E came out. Not sure about NPCs, but that is just for PCs in a rather large gaming group. The group DM has a library of 3E/3.5 books that he uses, but the rest of the group mostly uses just the PHB. A few of the guys buy other books just to have them (I tend to buy Kalamar stuff, and I did tip our DM off to Midnight...) Back in 2E days, the group had a few more books and it was more common for us to have PCs that used "kits". However, other than our group DM, nobody was really loaded down with 80 pounds of books in our 2E libraries. I'm not sure how "the guys" used 1E, as I didn't join this group until the mid-late 90s. Our gaming problem is not finding gamers (we can find plenty of those) - it is now that we're all in our 30s, with one guy in his early 40s - we just do not have the time to devote to gaming. Two of us are married with non-gaming wives and we have 3 small children between the two of us. Our group DM had major surgery. The DM's best friend has an odd job that requires him to work alternate Friday nights or Saturday nights. The two guys that can make it weekly are the old time stereotype of geeks: unmotivated geeky types with no social lives. [/QUOTE]
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