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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 6100629" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya.  Me too, generally. I am an old grognard now and came to the realization of "I like what I like" about 10 to 15 years ago. That sentiment (?) has only grown stronger with age. I see everyone getting all excited about some new game or game-add-on and I think "Uh, ok. Well, hmmm....I did that same thing 23 years ago back in one of my AD&D campaigns. Old hat...". Thats why I think a lot of "older folks" don't typically buy a lot of 'new' stuff...the so-called "new stuff" isn't really new at all.  For example, the whole "retro-game" craze in recent years. I'm glad they happened, but I found it strange talking to youngsters and saying stuff like "Well, yeah, I guess OSRIC is pretty close to AD&D 1e...but, uh, I'm still playing 1e AD&D with my 1e AD&D books I bought back in 1980. So, yeah, um, it's not really 'new' to me...".  I seem to go though "phases" of RPG material splurges. I'll go months and months and MONTHS of not buying much of anything new...then I'll just start buying anything that looks interesting; art, presentation, premise  etc. Whatever catches my fancy. We (my wife and I) recently did a government survey with some woman. One thing we discovered is how much $$$ I've spent on RPGs and RPG stuff over the last year or two. Ouch! (about $3000 for those interested...and that's just what I had in 'physical' copies).  So, yeah. I'll go a while without buying anything, then get a bug for some particular system, setting, genre, or company and go on a mini buying spree (typically $200 to $300 worth in a shot). I don't seek out "reviews" or ask for opinions, I don't try and do much in the way of 'research'. I just kinda "get a feeling" about it and plunk down $100 for the core system, screen, a module, supplement, etc.  Yeah, kinda flighty. Fun and sometimes expensive, but I do enjoy that feeling of total surprise when, a year later, I stumble upon an RPG tucked away in a box under the table and say "What the? Ohhhh yeeeaahhh....! I remember buying this game now!"..it's like finding $200 worth of new, free RPG stuff. Yeah for slowly failing memory of age! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

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