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<blockquote data-quote="SavageRobby" data-source="post: 4340289" data-attributes="member: 51573">In an RPG sense, I don't fully agree with this. I see (in others and in myself) this conservatism directly in relation to D&amp;D, but not necessarily other places. Maybe thats just me - but I see a lot of that around here.I often think of myself as as a grognard. I was playing the late 70s (B/E and AD&amp;D - sadly, I missed the initial OD&amp;D boat), and I turn 40 this year. I freely admit that I like my D&amp;D old school, that my Fiend Folio is sitting next to me as I type (I had to look up the spelling of Svirfneblin earlier - 25 years later and I still can't remember), that Unearthed Arcana was the last &quot;good&quot; D&amp;D rules hardback (and even that is somewhat sketchy), that I don't like Dragonborn and Tiefling because of my old-school proclivities, and heck, I still think a unified XP chart is stupid.... But thats the D&amp;D side. At the same time, my group plays mainly Savage Worlds (and has since I pushed us to switch us over from 3x - which I didn't like - 4-5 years back). I loved Over the Edge, and wish I could find someone to run a game of here. I really like a lot of elements from Burning Wheel and I'm considering running a Jihad (read: Dune) campaign. I dig the Paizo APs and think their campaign world and fluff materials are awesome - but I don't know much about the Pathfinder RPG, and have zero inclination to found out about it.So, I dunno. I've always thought of grognard-ism as a facet of D&amp;D edition loyalty/game-style mentality. But like everyone else, thats probably just my own definition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SavageRobby, post: 4340289, member: 51573"] [COLOR=White] In an RPG sense, I don't fully agree with this. I see (in others and in myself) this conservatism directly in relation to D&D, but not necessarily other places. Maybe thats just me - but I see a lot of that around here. I often think of myself as as a grognard. I was playing the late 70s (B/E and AD&D - sadly, I missed the initial OD&D boat), and I turn 40 this year. I freely admit that I like my D&D old school, that my Fiend Folio is sitting next to me as I type (I had to look up the spelling of Svirfneblin earlier - 25 years later and I still can't remember), that Unearthed Arcana was the last "good" D&D rules hardback (and even that is somewhat sketchy), that I don't like Dragonborn and Tiefling because of my old-school proclivities, and heck, I still think a unified XP chart is stupid. ... But thats the D&D side. At the same time, my group plays mainly Savage Worlds (and has since I pushed us to switch us over from 3x - which I didn't like - 4-5 years back). I loved Over the Edge, and wish I could find someone to run a game of here. I really like a lot of elements from Burning Wheel and I'm considering running a Jihad (read: Dune) campaign. I dig the Paizo APs and think their campaign world and fluff materials are [b]awesome[/b] - but I don't know much about the Pathfinder RPG, and have zero inclination to found out about it. So, I dunno. I've always thought of grognard-ism as a facet of D&D edition loyalty/game-style mentality. But like everyone else, thats probably just my own definition. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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