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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wulfgar76" data-source="post: 6249414" data-attributes="member: 61867">Before I switched to the D&D Next playtest, I played a 4th edition campaign from start to finish, levels 1-30.It was a blast, but at the end I was exhausted. My 4th edition fatigue had become critical and I think one more 2-hour battle would have drove me insane.After the grueling slog through 4e's epic levels, I was ready for a change. The simplicity and speed D&D Next promised sold me pretty fast, and it delivered. Gone was the bloated tactical grind and in its place a simple and easy combat system that made for fast (sometimes too fast), action packed, immersive battles.I had longed for the cinematic theatre-of-the-mind combats of 2e, and Next delivered that experience. I loved the system elegance and power structure of 4th, and I was sad to see it go – but at the end of the day I was having more fun with Next.I think D&D Next can pull in 4e campaigns that are fatigued. If your game sessions are nothing but big, long, grindy, grid-based combats (in which the PCs are never in danger).  If you miss a seamless transition from exploration to encounter and think you might like ToM over Grid. If you are tired of indestructible characters with unlimited healing. And, if you have had it up to here with the dazed condition – then I think D&D Next will be a refreshing change.</blockquote>