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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 5997860" data-attributes="member: 3400">But I don't have to accept that at all, because D&amp;D had plenty of ambitions were to get away from the tabletop wargame. That's what made RPGs great, as far as I am concerned. 4e appears to me to give up a lot of those ambitions by focusing so much on both the encounter and the grid as its environment of play. 2e got the farthest from D&amp;D's wargame roots, in my opinion. And I was happy for it.&nbsp;But this is the correct forum for talking about D&amp;D and its future and past. So, I'm not going to censor my opinion because you don't like it or choose to take offense at it. It's not about you, it's about the game.Now that really is false. It's nothing personal nor is it about you when I post an opinion critical of 4e. I don't care whether or not you're here, truthfully. You'll be the one who decides whether or not you belong. I care a lot more about whether 4e-style mechanics fit in with a game that purports to be D&amp;D. If I think they detract from D&amp;D, I'll speak up, right here. I'm not going anywhere.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 5997860, member: 3400"] But I don't have to accept that at all, because D&D had plenty of ambitions were to [b]get away from[/b] the tabletop wargame. That's what made RPGs great, as far as I am concerned. 4e appears to me to give up a lot of those ambitions by focusing so much on both the encounter and the grid as its environment of play. 2e got the farthest from D&D's wargame roots, in my opinion. And I was happy for it. But this is the correct forum for talking about D&D and its future and past. So, I'm not going to censor my opinion because you don't like it or choose to take offense at it. It's not about you, it's about the game. Now that really is false. It's nothing personal nor is it about you when I post an opinion critical of 4e. I don't care whether or not you're here, truthfully. You'll be the one who decides whether or not you belong. I care a lot more about whether 4e-style mechanics fit in with a game that purports to be D&D. If I think they detract from D&D, I'll speak up, right here. I'm not going anywhere. [/QUOTE]

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