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<blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 8317433" data-attributes="member: 7026594">In answer to the OP, historically I move to the new edition.As a kid I initially got BECMI, and my younger brother and I had fun playing around with it but didn't really fully grok it.&nbsp; I rapidly added 1E AD&amp;D books as soon as I discovered them, but again found them confusing.2E was much cleaner, and while I still couldn't really wrap my head around running a game, I played quite a bit of it, for years.&nbsp; I then dropped out for a while, playing a few other TTPRGs, doing some LARP and some wargaming.3E I started because some of my wargaming buddies wanted to, and we played the hell out of it.&nbsp; When 3.5 came out we welcomed almost all of the changes.&nbsp; When 4E came out we were all sick of the bloat and slowness of mid- and high-level 3.x play (having had at least three campaigns go up to the high teens), and welcomed the fresh new approach.&nbsp; As my main group were also miniatures wargamers, the combat rules lending themselves to detailed set-piece battles also greatly appealed to us.When 5E came out we continued with 4E for quite a while, and finished another campaign or two, as our DMs still had concepts they wanted to play with in that rules framework.Nowadays I play with 5E a good bit, but during 4E I started reading OSR blogs and forums and coming to understand better those original editions that I never properly grokked as a kid.&nbsp; Now I play all kinds of editions*, and appreciate each for its own virtues.&nbsp; And I've got enough player and DM experience under my belt to be comfortable house ruling rough edges.&nbsp; Probably the only edition I wouldn't play again is 3.x at higher levels.&nbsp; Though part of me is quite interested in trying it out with the <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/e6-the-game-inside-d-d.206323/" target="_blank">E6 houserules</a>....(*as I write this I'm actively playing in a 1975-style OD&amp;D game, a B/X /OSE open table West Marches group, and a 5E game, and DMing a 5 Torches Deep / B/X mashup)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mannahnin, post: 8317433, member: 7026594"] In answer to the OP, historically I move to the new edition. As a kid I initially got BECMI, and my younger brother and I had fun playing around with it but didn't really fully grok it. I rapidly added 1E AD&D books as soon as I discovered them, but again found them confusing. 2E was much cleaner, and while I still couldn't really wrap my head around running a game, I played quite a bit of it, for years. I then dropped out for a while, playing a few other TTPRGs, doing some LARP and some wargaming. 3E I started because some of my wargaming buddies wanted to, and we played the hell out of it. When 3.5 came out we welcomed almost all of the changes. When 4E came out we were all sick of the bloat and slowness of mid- and high-level 3.x play (having had at least three campaigns go up to the high teens), and welcomed the fresh new approach. As my main group were also miniatures wargamers, the combat rules lending themselves to detailed set-piece battles also greatly appealed to us. When 5E came out we continued with 4E for quite a while, and finished another campaign or two, as our DMs still had concepts they wanted to play with in that rules framework. Nowadays I play with 5E a good bit, but during 4E I started reading OSR blogs and forums and coming to understand better those original editions that I never properly grokked as a kid. Now I play all kinds of editions*, and appreciate each for its own virtues. And I've got enough player and DM experience under my belt to be comfortable house ruling rough edges. Probably the only edition I wouldn't play again is 3.x at higher levels. Though part of me is quite interested in trying it out with the [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/e6-the-game-inside-d-d.206323/']E6 houserules[/URL].... (*as I write this I'm actively playing in a 1975-style OD&D game, a B/X /OSE open table West Marches group, and a 5E game, and DMing a 5 Torches Deep / B/X mashup) [/QUOTE]

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