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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 4607505" data-attributes="member: 29398">Golden Age*s*, more like...Fisrt was late 1983 to about mid 1985 - an excellent series of games all in one campaign played with an edge (the players didn't always get along in or out of game but always seemed to enjoy playing it) and a purpose (the storyline was still in the realm where we mere mortals could grasp it).Second was late 1987 to about mid 1989 - I'd started my own campaign by now, and the other one was still hammering along; not to mention some truly memorable one-offs.  And we still played with an edge. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Third was between about mid 1999 to maybe late 2001 - the campaign I was running at the time really hit its stride (and acquired a bit of an edge); meanwhile 3e came out and one of our crew started a campaign using it - the system was dubious but the game was good.  Fourth is from about early 2008 to right now, ongoing - our crew have never had so many different games going on at once, and a serious influx of new blood (and new whimsy!) has revitalized things for some of us veterans.And it's no coincidence that these golden ages almost directly coincide with the runs of sometimes-ridiculously gonzo gaming we've had.  Serious gaming has its place, but its the gonzo hell-for-leather games that always seem to end up most fondly remembered, and not just by me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Lanefan</blockquote>

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