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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(contact)" data-source="post: 4085243" data-attributes="member: 41">OK, I'm in.  Where do I buy the stuff?------What I'm hearing from DnDex sounds pretty good.  I think that 4e comes off like a fun game that fixes some of the holes and ruts in 3e while (naturellement) establishing new ones.However, I've been playing inside the 3e-ruts for eight years now, so I'm ready for some new ruts.When 3e launched, the ensuing creative re-think of my games sort of re-kindled my love for D&D, and made for some memorable campaigns* (some of which were chronicled on this website, next to those of the friends I made while trying to learn about 3e.)I don't think I'm as disenchanted with the game right now as I was in 1999, nor do I expect the same level of creative rush that the 3e launch inspired.  That said, the best parts of D&D don't have anything to do with the ruleset at all; if the rules can be interesting and fun enough to add value to the storytelling and companionship that my games already have without annoying everyone in the room (coughclericsintheouterplanesin2ecough) it's a win.And as I don't spend my substantial fortune on whores or coke, I'm always up to buy a few gaming books a month.  They might as well be D&D.<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=":)" />- Optimistic Spikey-----*As a side-note, when we were playing the Liberation of Tenh and the Risen Goddess games, the little baby who used to sleep on daddy when he was killing our characters?  She just called me this afternoon and told me (with all the gravity a 6-year old can muster), "I'm ready to learn D&D now."And the torch is passed.  Her dad says he will teach her 4e when it comes out.</blockquote>

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