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<blockquote data-quote="Warpiglet-7" data-source="post: 9119118" data-attributes="member: 7025282">I don’t like D&amp;D.&nbsp; I love it.Wow.&nbsp; Alll of the things folks said upthread are true.&nbsp; I play with dudes I played with in childhood and early adolescence.&nbsp; Now my kids are going to play.&nbsp; A couple spouses have joined here and there and another child of a friend…my brother plays and I introduced him when he was like 8!All of that is big.&nbsp; And the shared language…we all know what a beholder is…and mind flaters and clerics.&nbsp; We have built in metrics and comparisons like other people and football positions.There are tons of memories.&nbsp; From struggling with the Satanic panic to getting LJN figures on Christmas…The old artwork defined fantasy for me…weird WEIRD erol otus full color paintings and fighters with winged—bat-winged! Helms and wizards with weird garb and hats…The weird spells and characters…Iuz and paladins and evil clerics…I like fantasy but realize I compare it all to the mishmash cobbled together into D&amp;D. I like D&amp;D and it’s weirdness specifically.I enjoy combat a lot and the exploration and discovering things is great.&nbsp; A few holy %#+= moments in game are burned it to my mind.It in its history and various reincarnations lives and grows in my brain unlike any other IP.&nbsp; Much more than any other IP.For these and many other reasons, when people talk about the game’s flaws…it only makes me want to play.&nbsp; If I could play every damn day I would.&nbsp; With time excepted forFamily friends and the natural world and my pets…but video games, boardgames, sports etc. are good but my number one pass time remains unchallenged.For my upcoming bday which is a “big one” I just want to flipping play.&nbsp; Period.&nbsp; Some good eats would be cool but if it’s one or the other I can do Taco Bell before I start chucking dice.Hopefully this does not sound nuts but if it does I still have D&amp;D</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warpiglet-7, post: 9119118, member: 7025282"] I don’t like D&D. I love it. Wow. Alll of the things folks said upthread are true. I play with dudes I played with in childhood and early adolescence. Now my kids are going to play. A couple spouses have joined here and there and another child of a friend…my brother plays and I introduced him when he was like 8! All of that is big. And the shared language…we all know what a beholder is…and mind flaters and clerics. We have built in metrics and comparisons like other people and football positions. There are tons of memories. From struggling with the Satanic panic to getting LJN figures on Christmas… The old artwork defined fantasy for me…weird WEIRD erol otus full color paintings and fighters with winged—bat-winged! Helms and wizards with weird garb and hats… The weird spells and characters…Iuz and paladins and evil clerics…I like fantasy but realize I compare it all to the mishmash cobbled together into D&D. I like D&D and it’s weirdness specifically. I enjoy combat a lot and the exploration and discovering things is great. A few holy %#+= moments in game are burned it to my mind. It in its history and various reincarnations lives and grows in my brain unlike any other IP. Much more than any other IP. For these and many other reasons, when people talk about the game’s flaws…it only makes me want to play. If I could play every damn day I would. With time excepted for Family friends and the natural world and my pets…but video games, boardgames, sports etc. are good but my number one pass time remains unchallenged. For my upcoming bday which is a “big one” I just want to flipping play. Period. Some good eats would be cool but if it’s one or the other I can do Taco Bell before I start chucking dice. Hopefully this does not sound nuts but if it does I still have D&D [/QUOTE]

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