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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 5925618" data-attributes="member: 5100">We played 3e/3.5e for its entire run, but were generally burned out when 4e was released. I was excited about it, initially, but the general feeling of the group was that 4e didn't &quot;feel&quot; like D&amp;D. That's not intended to be an edition war, just one group's opinion.Last fall, we started playing Rappan Athuk Reloaded, but that ended in a TPK a few weeks back, so 3.5 is still fresh in my mind. The play test came out at the best possible time for my group -- literally the day we'd planned to start a Shadowrun game. We were ready for something, but not exactly thrilled to go back to fantasy.After running my first play test session, I was struck by the thought, &quot;Wow. That felt like D&amp;D.&quot; It definitely felt more like D&amp;D than 4e. It even felt more like D&amp;D than the Rappan Athuk game (3.5) did. I have no idea what actually makes feel like D&amp;D. It's a totally intangible element that just resonates. I'm not sure I even care to nail it down. Regardless, I think that's a pretty important statement/test.So, who else felt that the play test passed the &quot;smell test&quot; and actually feels like D&amp;D? Note: I think the smell test is something that can only happen during play, not reading.Also, I'm curious if your favored edition affects your sense of smell, so I included that as part of the poll.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 5925618, member: 5100"] We played 3e/3.5e for its entire run, but were generally burned out when 4e was released. I was excited about it, initially, but the general feeling of the group was that 4e didn't "feel" like D&D. That's not intended to be an edition war, just one group's opinion. Last fall, we started playing Rappan Athuk Reloaded, but that ended in a TPK a few weeks back, so 3.5 is still fresh in my mind. The play test came out at the best possible time for my group -- literally the day we'd planned to start a Shadowrun game. We were ready for something, but not exactly thrilled to go back to fantasy. After running my first play test session, I was struck by the thought, "Wow. That [u]felt[/u] like D&D." It definitely felt more like D&D than 4e. It even felt more like D&D than the Rappan Athuk game (3.5) did. I have no idea what actually makes feel like D&D. It's a totally intangible element that just resonates. I'm not sure I even care to nail it down. Regardless, I think that's a pretty important statement/test. So, who else felt that the play test passed the "smell test" and actually feels like D&D? Note: I think the smell test is something that can only happen during play, not reading. Also, I'm curious if your favored edition affects your sense of smell, so I included that as part of the poll. [/QUOTE]

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