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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 9109673" data-attributes="member: 27051">I started with BX, went on to play AD&amp;D, AD&amp;D2e, then 3e, 3.5e, PF, then went back to BX and AD&amp;D2e. I play BX fairly BTB, with a few houserules, and I play AD&amp;D2e with a glorious and absurd amount of hacks, houserules, and content stolen from all the other editions. I've played a little 4e and really enjoyed it. I've played some 5e as well and think it's fine.I stuck with/returned to 2e and BX because I have a massive ongoing 40-year campaign that uses those rules and I am very at home with it. I find them both very robust editions that allow me to hack and hew at them without the system exploding in my face (I found that harder to do with 3e and PF). From my perspective, there isn't anything that the more recent editions can offer me that my hacked 2e doesn't already do. If I see something I like in newer releases, I take it out back, mug it at knifepoint, and then incorporate it into my houserules <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I don't feel left behind and honestly don't really understand that sentiment. I think it's possible to be too concerned with what the &quot;industry&quot; or &quot;hobby&quot; is doing when all that matters is my own gaming groups. I have no shortage of players, often have to turn people away because my groups are full, and find as much enthusiasm for older editions as for newer ones. It doesn't change my gaming life at all except for giving me new editions to steal from. Looking forward to taking the next version of D&amp;D out back for a friendly chat when the time comes... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark Hope, post: 9109673, member: 27051"] I started with BX, went on to play AD&D, AD&D2e, then 3e, 3.5e, PF, then went back to BX and AD&D2e. I play BX fairly BTB, with a few houserules, and I play AD&D2e with a glorious and absurd amount of hacks, houserules, and content stolen from all the other editions. I've played a little 4e and really enjoyed it. I've played some 5e as well and think it's fine. I stuck with/returned to 2e and BX because I have a massive ongoing 40-year campaign that uses those rules and I am very at home with it. I find them both very robust editions that allow me to hack and hew at them without the system exploding in my face (I found that harder to do with 3e and PF). From my perspective, there isn't anything that the more recent editions can offer me that my hacked 2e doesn't already do. If I see something I like in newer releases, I take it out back, mug it at knifepoint, and then incorporate it into my houserules ;) I don't feel left behind and honestly don't really understand that sentiment. I think it's possible to be too concerned with what the "industry" or "hobby" is doing when all that matters is my own gaming groups. I have no shortage of players, often have to turn people away because my groups are full, and find as much enthusiasm for older editions as for newer ones. It doesn't change my gaming life at all except for giving me new editions to steal from. Looking forward to taking the next version of D&D out back for a friendly chat when the time comes... :D [/QUOTE]

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