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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 9109763" data-attributes="member: 3400">I started with Holmes Basic but shifted to 1e as soon as I could because 1) it was Advanced (hey, I was a teenager and that was a big thing), and 2) it had a LOT more options and demi-humans had choices. It was a no-brainer for me.Almost every other new edition announcement came with skepticism from me, though there’s a twist.With 2e, I carefully evaluated the new edition, partially because I was in charge of the RPG budget for my sci-fi/fantasy/gaming club in college. But after review and recognizing how compatible it was, I embraced it. It was so easy to hybridize it with 1e materials it was barely felt as a shift.When 3e was announced, I was skeptical until I found Eric Noah’s 3e news site. The info coming out won me over and I shifted to 3e.When 4e was announced, I wasn’t skeptical. WotC had proved it could come up with a good D&amp;D game and, generally, fix its worst shortcomings with 3.5 (even if 3.5 over fixed a few things). So I initially looked forward to 4e. But the info coming out as it was developed did the opposite of the info with 3e, it raised my skepticism. Finally, playing it for several months sealed the deal and I bounced off it. It was NOT the D&amp;D I wanted.Then when D&amp;D Next was announced, skeptical again. WotC had kind of screwed the pooch with 4e as far as I was concerned. But the surveys, the review of D&amp;D’s identity, did a lot to win me over. The public playtest did the rest. 5e is now my favorite edition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 9109763, member: 3400"] I started with Holmes Basic but shifted to 1e as soon as I could because 1) it was Advanced (hey, I was a teenager and that was a big thing), and 2) it had a LOT more options and demi-humans had choices. It was a no-brainer for me. Almost every other new edition announcement came with skepticism from me, though there’s a twist. With 2e, I carefully evaluated the new edition, partially because I was in charge of the RPG budget for my sci-fi/fantasy/gaming club in college. But after review and recognizing how compatible it was, I embraced it. It was so easy to hybridize it with 1e materials it was barely felt as a shift. When 3e was announced, I was skeptical until I found Eric Noah’s 3e news site. The info coming out won me over and I shifted to 3e. When 4e was announced, I [B]wasn’t[/B] skeptical. WotC had proved it could come up with a good D&D game and, generally, fix its worst shortcomings with 3.5 (even if 3.5 over fixed a few things). So I initially looked forward to 4e. But the info coming out as it was developed did the opposite of the info with 3e, it [B]raised[/B] my skepticism. Finally, playing it for several months sealed the deal and I bounced off it. It was [B]NOT[/B] the D&D I wanted. Then when D&D Next was announced, skeptical again. WotC had kind of screwed the pooch with 4e as far as I was concerned. But the surveys, the review of D&D’s identity, did a lot to win me over. The public playtest did the rest. 5e is now my favorite edition. [/QUOTE]

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