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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OnlineDM" data-source="post: 5225484" data-attributes="member: 90804">I'm guessing that part of what made D&D more fun back in high school than it is today (for those of us who are long past high school, anyway) is who we were back then, and who we were with.  Those of us on the ENWorld forums are gamers, so we spent lots of time in our younger days playing D&D and other RPGs.  We remember those times fondly.I think most of the fond memories, though, are tied to the time of our lives when we were playing those games.  Several others on this thread have touched on this - the wonder of the unknown, the quality of the friendships around the table.  Those things change as we grow older, and we might not always find the same fun in the same way after those changes.Still, if we're gamers at heart and we seek out good friends throughout our lives, we'll always be able to capture some fun and magic around the RPG table.  It will never be the same as it was "back then," but I'm guessing that the difference is more in ourselves than in the rules of the games.My guess is that if we were really into playing sports, we might be lamenting the fact that playing basketball today isn't as much fun as it was back in high school.  The rules of basketball haven't changed - we have.  Yes, the rules of some RPGs have changed, but I think that the difference in feeling is less about the rules than it is about ourselves.  And that's okay!</blockquote>