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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LordEntrails" data-source="post: 7563080" data-attributes="member: 6804070">I started with Holmes, and have played every edition since. But have had many multi-year lapses of no gaming or only reading.Timing is perhaps the biggest thing for me. I started playing occasionally with my son using 4E. But he became a teen as 5E was released as as we both got more serious, it was the current edition and fit well with my desires.I see the various editions, especially the options of 2E and the crunch of 3.x fitting well with my personal development and growth. Now I'm older and don't feel a need to optimize characters, or worry about accounting for every situational modifier etc. 5E gets me to the fun, and provides enough that their is sufficient randomness to provide tension and uncertainty.I'm in 3 campaigns. I DM Undermountain in 5E. Play a 3.5 DragonLance campaign, and play in a Star Frontiers game. I one-shot some other systems on occasion. But don't feel a need to play other systems. I would stick with 5E for fantasy genres. I don't feel a need to play different systems. I just enjoy different stories (i.e. would love if my DL DM switched to 5E, would greatly improve the game imo.)I love the setting, story and play of Star Frontiers. Of course the rules have shown their age (especially for a sci-fi game written many decades ago), but they are useable and "light" enough that the GM can just apply rulings as needed to keep us having fun.I'm considering getting into some BattleTech/Mechwarrior gaming, but its actually the crunch of the system that discourages me. Again, I love the setting, but I really don't have interest to spend 6-8 hours to resolve a single 4v4 combat.During SoME I watched some. Enjoyed some and not others. Have tried one or two online and just don't choose to spend the visual/eye time. I will have to see about your idea of listening to it while travelling or at work though. That sounds promising.Not for me. I enjoy in person. But virtual means I get to play in 3 campaigns. Without it I might be able to play 1. Sure, in person has advantages, but so does virtual. I have no travel time. I can play 2 hours each Wednesday night which only takes ~2-1/4 hrs of my time. If I had to travel etc, I wouldn't have time for it and my wife wouldn't be up for me hosting on a work night either.I also get to play with various new folks and play new systems (during conventions, like th upcoming FG Con 14) that I would never otherwise get to do.</blockquote>My sons plays (late teens), my wife and daughter never have. Too much stigma for them.My son and I actually went to GenCon once together, back in the D&D Next playtest phase and had a great time. Something we plan to do again some year.Yea, agreed. Also the comment about how much of the stigma is something we carry forward ourselves based upon experience?Sort of. One of the players is one of my brothers, and by me getting back into playing, he has gotten back into it as well.[/QUOTE]

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