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<blockquote data-quote="smdmcl" data-source="post: 4518151" data-attributes="member: 62247">I am 40 years old, have played the red box, 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions of D&amp;D since the early 80's and I am in WoTC's target audience with 4th edition. In fact, by Christmas, I will have purchased more WoTC product than I did through the entire 3rd edition era.&nbsp;Why? I never fell in love with 3rd edition. It was playable but, very quickly, I grew tired of the over-complicated rules that led to bickering and rules-lawyering at the game table. IMHO, 4th edition has retained the options I need (greater than the first 2 editions) while making the rules simple and streamlined (more user friendly than 3rd) so that we rarely even need to look up the rules at the table any longer. Do I love 4th edition? No, so far it's shown itself to be a great game for my group but there are always things I think they could have done differently but, I think I may have a little crush.&nbsp;For the record:3rd edition purchases: 3.0 PHB, 3.5 PHB, DMG, MM, Complete Martial, No modules (not that WoTC did many) or other supplements4th edition purchases: PHB, DMG, MM, AV, Martial Power (on order), H1, H2, H3, P1 (on order) and the DM screen, plus looking forward to the PHB2, Divine and Arcane Power books when they're released.&nbsp;I'm no trying to say I'm right and anyone else is wrong. I'm just trying to point out that some people have increased their spending with the release of 4th edition. &nbsp;Shane</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smdmcl, post: 4518151, member: 62247"] I am 40 years old, have played the red box, 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions of D&D since the early 80's and I am in WoTC's target audience with 4th edition. In fact, by Christmas, I will have purchased more WoTC product than I did through the entire 3rd edition era. Why? I never fell in love with 3rd edition. It was playable but, very quickly, I grew tired of the over-complicated rules that led to bickering and rules-lawyering at the game table. IMHO, 4th edition has retained the options I need (greater than the first 2 editions) while making the rules simple and streamlined (more user friendly than 3rd) so that we rarely even need to look up the rules at the table any longer. Do I love 4th edition? No, so far it's shown itself to be a great game for my group but there are always things I think they could have done differently but, I think I may have a little crush. For the record: 3rd edition purchases: 3.0 PHB, 3.5 PHB, DMG, MM, Complete Martial, No modules (not that WoTC did many) or other supplements 4th edition purchases: PHB, DMG, MM, AV, Martial Power (on order), H1, H2, H3, P1 (on order) and the DM screen, plus looking forward to the PHB2, Divine and Arcane Power books when they're released. I'm no trying to say I'm right and anyone else is wrong. I'm just trying to point out that some people have increased their spending with the release of 4th edition. Shane [/QUOTE]

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