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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CydKnight" data-source="post: 7563511" data-attributes="member: 6873462">5E also brought me back to TTRPG but it was really a perfect set of circumstances that made it happen.  I'm not even sure how it happened to be quite honest.  I was not even aware that a new, popular system (5E) had been released recently at the time I pulled the trigger on the Starter Set.  I had just gone to the Texas Renaissance Festival for the first time in years and the atmosphere with the weapons, armor, dragon, jousting, etc. themes got me to reminiscing about previously playing the game.  The day after I was browsing Amazon and somehow found myself looking at dice and it escalated after that to me buying a 5-set of dice and the Starter Set.Like the OP, I also played extensively throughout the entire decade of the 80's.  I played other TTRPGs as well like Battletech and Star Frontiers.  Then I simply stopped playing.  The game got stale, I lost contact with other players, and life happened and so I basically forgot about the game.  It was more than 25 years later before I bought the 5E Starter set in 2015.5E opened me up to a lot of new things.  Some I liked.  Some I did not.  When I first got back into the game, I knew no one who played (or if I did I didn't know they played).  I started asking friends but it seemed that very few had played recently and were unsure what kind of time they could commit to regular sessions.  This led me to Roll20 and I did find a group there but it took weeks.  That group broke up after one session and I didn't like the feel of basically playing via teleconference.  I really wanted face-to-face sessions.I tried getting my kids to play and they reluctantly did a one-shot.  The only one I hooked with that session was my youngest, who was 10 at the time.  During a family camping trip with another family whose kids go to the same school, I mentioned Dungeons & Dragons over a campfire chat.  It turns out the other Dad had played a lot through high school and college and would be really interested in playing again.  He suggested that we create a group from our families and so we did.  We ran through LMoP and beyond.  Another thing that 5E got me to try (besides online play) was watching other groups play through livestream.  I thought the idea was corny at first but I really got hooked on Critical Role.  I've watched a few of the D&D/WotC webstreams as well.  Some I thought were great.  Some I thought were short of great.Along with the family group I started, I also started picking up games a the local hobby gaming store.  I found it really hard to get into a consistent long-term group due to various reasons including people moving away, losing jobs, changing work schedules, having babies, long-term illness, etc.  When all else failed I played Adventurer's League one-shots.Now, four+ years after starting back, I still love 5E.  I don't play any other TTRPGs.  I have a regular group of adults that meets every Saturday night that has been together about 5 months. I DM one campaign every-other week and another of our group DMs a completely different campaign in alternating weeks.  Our group seems to really enjoy both campaigns.   It took a long time for me to get into a regular group where everyone's schedules and interests coincide.  It is rare that any of us miss a session.My final thoughts are that I really like where I am with the game right now.  I really feel I am at a high point at the moment with the game, the group, and with 5E in general.  Currently I have no plans to try other TTRPGs but the idea has crossed my mind.  At the moment I am having too much fun in 5E to have that attention put on another game.</blockquote>

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