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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikeburke" data-source="post: 9475314" data-attributes="member: 7046205">I have had my own strange journey with nostalgia. I was out of D&D for at least 20 years (2nd edition) until 2014 when a few things happened: 5e came out, I moved to Seattle WA and I landed a job where I could afford to indulge in a hobby. I got the 5e books as they came out, got excited listening to Dragon Talk and had a great time with the game. I was amazed at the quality of production, the art, and how the hobby was so much bigger and brighter. Five years later I moved to Austin TX, discovered DCC and realized that there were a bunch of people looking to bring back the art style, artists and game style of the stuff I’d imprinted on. Hit me right in the feels.  I bounced across and followed the trail back to 1e, BX/OSE and then 2e, where I’d last left the hobby. Bought more books. Dragon and Dungeon mags. Etc. It all rekindled that sense of excitement I first felt opening up the 1e DMG and being utterly confused and enthralled in equal measure. At some point I realized I was spending all my time collecting and looking at it all, but not playing it. Ok, maybe my wife pointed this out because I’m too thick to notice such things. Anyway, it was getting a bit out of control to be honest. The D&D movie came out around this time. Many boxes found their way to Noble Knight for trade-in and I was back to just drive-thru reprints of the 1e PHB/DMG/MM (couldn’t let them go). Much shelf space (and head space) reclaimed. Somewhere in all this, the 2024 edition was announced, and I got back on the 5e wagon, tracking Unearthed Arcana, getting re-energized all over again.. super engaged by the (to my eyes, wonderful) art and even the people making the game, looking forward to it all. Maybe some kind of weird nostalgia for how I felt when I first discovered 5e? I can’t explain any of it. None of the above is intended as a value judgement on the worthiness or otherwise of any version of D&D. Sorry, long post on a somewhat tangential topic.</blockquote>

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