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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lhorgrim" data-source="post: 6200136" data-attributes="member: 12222">My name is Jay, and I have an (edition) gambling problem.Its like pulling the handle one more time on a slot machine, or buying one more lottery ticket.  Maybe this time I'll win big.I would pre-order the core books right now if they were on Amazon.  I've looked over the playtest packets, but I still don't have a good feel for what the final game will be like.  I don't have a group playing any game system right now, so play test for me is really "read test".And that is the main reason for the compulsive gamble.  In my fantasy, new people will buy the new edition and there will suddenly be gamers looking for a group.  In this fertile environment I will find a group that allows me to play (I just don't have time to DM anymore), has a play style similar to mine, and is made up of individuals that I don't mind sitting with for hours at a time.The last edition that fulfilled that fantasy was 2E.  It probably had more to do with having a stable group in college and a great DM than the game system, but I've never been able to score that feeling again.  I've tried all the D&D editions, plus Pathfinder and several others.  I had a small group that was having fun with Savage Worlds, but they got distracted by one of the new Magic the Gathering cycles and the game died.So I'll buy the 5th Edition core, and maybe this time I'll win big.  Don't pity me.  I know that its irrational, but just the hope of getting that "college gaming group" feeling back has value to me.  Even if I never get to play, I'll spend hours learning the rules, making PCs, and coming to ENWorld to discuss the system.</blockquote>

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