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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 9277952" data-attributes="member: 6796661">First time I looked at the Players Handbook at one of my nearby FLGS. When I moved back to the US, I got back into board games and was running board-game nights with some old friends from high school and new friends I met at a weekly board gaming group event at another FLGS.&nbsp; I started talking about how I was interested in trying to play D&amp;D again, but that what I was seeing seemed so different than I remember playing (4e--I know realized it was a wrong impression, but my brief reading on it didn't interest me at the time).&nbsp; An old high-school friend suggested I check out Pathfinder.&nbsp; When I looked at the Pathfinder books at my FLGS, I was overwhelmed with the number of books and complexity of the rules. I basically wrote of the idea, thinking I didn't have time and didn't want to deal with the learning curve of getting back into TTRPGs. Then 5e came out.&nbsp; Out of curiosity, I checked out the PHB the week it first became available in my FLGS. I immediately fell in love. The art, aesthetics, accessible system with enough crunch to keep it interesting. And it hit me with a wave of nostalgia that paging through the 4e and Pathfinder books did not.&nbsp; I bought it the same day I looked at it and after playing a few sessions at a convention and some local AL games, I dived right into running my first campaign in over two decades. It was like being a kid again but with a lot more disposable income.&nbsp; That lead me to branching out into a number of other TTRPGs.&nbsp; It truly was the gateway drug that caused me to relapse into an addiction I thought I got over a long time ago. Whatever its imperfections, whatever WotC does, and even if it turns out I don't like like the revised rules, 5e will also hold a special place in my memories.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 9277952, member: 6796661"] First time I looked at the Players Handbook at one of my nearby FLGS. When I moved back to the US, I got back into board games and was running board-game nights with some old friends from high school and new friends I met at a weekly board gaming group event at another FLGS. I started talking about how I was interested in trying to play D&D again, but that what I was seeing seemed so different than I remember playing (4e--I know realized it was a wrong impression, but my brief reading on it didn't interest me at the time). An old high-school friend suggested I check out Pathfinder. When I looked at the Pathfinder books at my FLGS, I was overwhelmed with the number of books and complexity of the rules. I basically wrote of the idea, thinking I didn't have time and didn't want to deal with the learning curve of getting back into TTRPGs. Then 5e came out. Out of curiosity, I checked out the PHB the week it first became available in my FLGS. I immediately fell in love. The art, aesthetics, accessible system with enough crunch to keep it interesting. And it hit me with a wave of nostalgia that paging through the 4e and Pathfinder books did not. I bought it the same day I looked at it and after playing a few sessions at a convention and some local AL games, I dived right into running my first campaign in over two decades. It was like being a kid again but with a lot more disposable income. That lead me to branching out into a number of other TTRPGs. It truly was the gateway drug that caused me to relapse into an addiction I thought I got over a long time ago. Whatever its imperfections, whatever WotC does, and even if it turns out I don't like like the revised rules, 5e will also hold a special place in my memories. [/QUOTE]

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