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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 9364409" data-attributes="member: 6775477">Started back before I actually played D&D. I wanted to play D&D, as I'd been exposed to the 1E PHB and the cartoon, but never found a group. My brother joined a group, but refused to let me join. I decided to make my own RPG based on what I remembered from the PHB and various CRPGs I'd played (dragon warrior, final fantasy, etc.). I played it with my two friends, and while we had fun, looking back on it, it was bad. However, my brother's DM walked in on a session one time and was impressed at the effort I'd made. Not only did he invite all of us into his game, but he flagged me as a potential DM.1E AD&DWas a player for about 6 months before I started my apprenticeship towards being a DM. My first character actually was killed by my brother, but he dropped out of the game soon after, as he felt it was "too dorky." Playing was fun, but I found I really enjoyed DMing. Soon I was sharing DM duties with the DM, giving him a chance to play his many characters (which he typically used as DMPCs to fill out the party). Eventually the DM moved away and he gifted me his collection of books, which worked, because we'd been pooling our stuff for a while.BECMII only run a few sessions of this. The system wasn't as good as AD&D IMO, but it had the best adventures. I used it as an intro for a couple of players, but found it was just easier to teach AD&D than to transition them from BECMI.2E AD&DMy high school group moved to 2E only after I kinda forced them. The 1E campaign went way too long, with the party at super high levels. Moving to 2E game me the chance to reset the game. However, I eventually went to college, where I met a group that played 2E regularly. I fell away from my high school group and mostly just played 2E in college. As a system, I felt it wasn't better than 1E, just different.3EI was still hanging with my college group when 3E started, even though I wasn't in college anymore. We moved to 3E, but it pushed a playstyle with them that didn't agree with me. However, I found another group of friends that wanted to do 3E, so I moved on. I was GMing another system at the time, so I was primarily a player for 3E. I mostly enjoyed 3E, but it was way too crunchy for my taste. Add in the fact that it was largely unplayable at high levels, and I was ready to move on to 4E when it came out.4EI wanted to like 4E; I really did. I pushed for it far longer than I really should have. I even DMed it for another group in an effort to convert them. I was just so sick of 3E, I overlooked all the things about 4E that I really hated. Eventually I gave up on it, and we moved back to 2E.5EI jumped on the playtest the instant it was available. I wrote up detailed play reports for the surveys so that I could impact the game as much as I could. I loved the direction, and even though there were some excellent things from the playtest that got left in the trash, I still feel its the best edition of D&D. I'm also looking forward to the 2024 revision. I'm back to DMing regularly and super happy.</blockquote>

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