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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 2518305" data-attributes="member: 467">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------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&amp;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&amp;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'.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 2518305, member: 467"] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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'.) [/QUOTE]

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