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<blockquote data-quote="Micah Sweet" data-source="post: 9110378" data-attributes="member: 6747251">I started with the B in BECMI and quickly moved on to 1e.&nbsp; When 2e came out we all bought it and I fell in love with the settings (perhaps to a fault, as recent events have shone), and we used a lot of it in our 1e games, but never officially switched.&nbsp; We played 3e and 3.5, and I certainly bought a lot of it, but we were never completely on-board and often went back to 1e/2e.I was living away from my hometown and all my friends when 4e came out, and that led me to cling to it more than I probably would have otherwise. When I came back we gave 4e a real shot, and I ran and played it for over a year of weekly games, but eventually we all decided it was not working for us (although we did use it for some fun weekly arena battles).When 5e came out we switched over and had a good time, although I never felt quite as good about it as the TSR editions.&nbsp; Then my best friend passed away and our group shattered.&nbsp; I've since formed a new group and we play 5e, but with a wide variety of 3pp added in to make the experience more of what I enjoyed out of classic play.&nbsp; We use Level Up, which I greatly appreciate, as a base.I've also become very interested in the OSR in the last five years or so, after I began to feel that WotC was actively moving away from what I wanted out of D&amp;D.&nbsp; Ironically, my favorite OSR game is ACKS, which is based on B/X, an edition I never played.&nbsp; Unfortunately, my group does not care for classic play (at least not enough of them do), so I have to work with a 5e base.&nbsp; I'm thankful for Level Up, but generally I do feel very much on the outs regarding my preferences, particularly in the online discussion community.&nbsp; I really wish I could get my group to try an OSR approach.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Micah Sweet, post: 9110378, member: 6747251"] I started with the B in BECMI and quickly moved on to 1e. When 2e came out we all bought it and I fell in love with the settings (perhaps to a fault, as recent events have shone), and we used a lot of it in our 1e games, but never officially switched. We played 3e and 3.5, and I certainly bought a lot of it, but we were never completely on-board and often went back to 1e/2e. I was living away from my hometown and all my friends when 4e came out, and that led me to cling to it more than I probably would have otherwise. When I came back we gave 4e a real shot, and I ran and played it for over a year of weekly games, but eventually we all decided it was not working for us (although we did use it for some fun weekly arena battles). When 5e came out we switched over and had a good time, although I never felt quite as good about it as the TSR editions. Then my best friend passed away and our group shattered. I've since formed a new group and we play 5e, but with a wide variety of 3pp added in to make the experience more of what I enjoyed out of classic play. We use Level Up, which I greatly appreciate, as a base. I've also become very interested in the OSR in the last five years or so, after I began to feel that WotC was actively moving away from what I wanted out of D&D. Ironically, my favorite OSR game is ACKS, which is based on B/X, an edition I never played. Unfortunately, my group does not care for classic play (at least not enough of them do), so I have to work with a 5e base. I'm thankful for Level Up, but generally I do feel very much on the outs regarding my preferences, particularly in the online discussion community. I really wish I could get my group to try an OSR approach. [/QUOTE]

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