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So, the other weekend my mother swung through the state to visit. My parents are moving to the west coast soon, so in addition to saying hi, she dropped off a box of my old junk with which she had no idea what to do. Inside, I found a bunch of old Dragon magazines from the late-late 80s and early 90s. And suddenly, I am 15 to 18 again and it is *weird*.
In addition to all the giggly fun of seeing ads for games long dead or at least d20-ized, I found myself feelinga deep sense of nostalgia for pre-3e D&D. I know, i should quash it, pull out my 3.5 PHB and banish all those old ghosts. instead, i went downstairs and dug up all my 2nd Edition (2nd printing -- the black ones) AD&D books -- well, some of them anyway -- and have been flipping through them. And I find myself saying to myself -- you know, it wasn't perfect but damn it was fun.
And I want to play it again.
Ugh. I am sure the feeling will pass and I will come to my senses. Nostalgia is, after all, a notorioulsy innaccurate way to judge good and bad. But man, right now, this very moment, I could go for some 2e.
(No real point. Just sayin'.)
So, the other weekend my mother swung through the state to visit. My parents are moving to the west coast soon, so in addition to saying hi, she dropped off a box of my old junk with which she had no idea what to do. Inside, I found a bunch of old Dragon magazines from the late-late 80s and early 90s. And suddenly, I am 15 to 18 again and it is *weird*.
In addition to all the giggly fun of seeing ads for games long dead or at least d20-ized, I found myself feelinga deep sense of nostalgia for pre-3e D&D. I know, i should quash it, pull out my 3.5 PHB and banish all those old ghosts. instead, i went downstairs and dug up all my 2nd Edition (2nd printing -- the black ones) AD&D books -- well, some of them anyway -- and have been flipping through them. And I find myself saying to myself -- you know, it wasn't perfect but damn it was fun.
And I want to play it again.
Ugh. I am sure the feeling will pass and I will come to my senses. Nostalgia is, after all, a notorioulsy innaccurate way to judge good and bad. But man, right now, this very moment, I could go for some 2e.
(No real point. Just sayin'.)