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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8247750" data-attributes="member: 59082">Grognardism exists on a spectrum, from purists who only play OD&D (or maybe B/X or 1E), to those who got into it via the OSR, to "quasi-grognards" who started playing D&D during the TSR days and are influenced by that era, to "neo-grognard" millenials and younger who got into older stuff, sort of like the kid who discovers his dad's vinyl collection and gets into Big Band jazz.As yet another Gen Xer who started playing in the early 80s, I was quite happy when 3E came out: it updated and modernized what was by then a rather anachronistic and clunky system. I played and enjoyed 4E, and generally really like 5E as a kind of "best of both" version of the game (or at least one that splits the difference). Meaning, I'm a quasi-grognard.But I like to dip into older materials, OSR stuff, etc, but more for bits and pieces. As a DM, I generally play whatever the current edition is, and then do what I want with it, and what my group enjoys.I personally find that the specific rules set is secondary to the people I'm playing with and story we're creating together. I have my edition preferences, but I'd much rather play my least favorite edition with a great DM and a good group of players than my favorite edition with a bad DM or simply a group that I don't resonate with.</blockquote>