D&D 5E Long time players and 5e’s success

[michaeljpastor]

I think it is important that the game keeps moving forward with the culture, and it is right that it reflects a youthful perspective. It's healthy. But I appreciate that WotC makes gestures to include us fogies. It feels like that OD&D collection is aimed squarely at me. Using Greyhawk in the updated DMG. And so on. So I feel included, even if I'm not the priority.

When it was announced that there would be a setting in the DMG my guesses were that it was going to be a brand new setting, but barebones, with some new stock characters and NPCs, or Greyhawk to celebrate the 50th. It turned out to be the latter of course, but that made me curious about which Greyhawk. I was not expecting a Post-Crisis on Infinite Earths reset however, which is pretty close to exactly what they've done. The Crisis was also a 50th Anniversary event, coincidentally.