I played my first game of D&D 5E on Tuesday. Also the first time I've played any D&D in this century. We seem to have a good group of players. I had a great time. Being a player (instead of the GM) is a nice change and is so relaxing. Looking forward to next Tuesday.

It's probably the most solid D&D system I have played,not complex yet not rules-lite, and the core chassis makes sense.
D&D 5E has the best mainframe as far as I'm concerned, however I don't really like the mega-commercialism that goes with it that tends to blot out other rpgs on the market
However I prefer the loose old school flavour of DCC much better than any of the WotC D&Derditions

As far as settings go for 5E, Forgotten Realms is adequate for superficial high fantasy, perhaps a bit too vanilla for my tastes. Ebberron was never a favourite of mine back in the D&D 3E era, so not sure if it has changed or not. Ravenloft may have some appeal, I like the gothic flavour.

I tend to like settings like Glorantha or The Hyborian Age, so I have backed the Fateforge kickstarter for D&D 5E to give me a setting that grabs me, in case I find myself surrounded only by D&D 5E players.

I like it a lot, I love how easy it is to run and how easy it is to run osr 3e and pf stuff using it. Of my current 4 5e campaigns 1 is a wotc hardback, 1 is 3rd party 5e, 1 is a 3e conversion and 1 a pf conversion.

I don't get tired of running 5e the way other systems burn me out.

I never took to it and even though I'm still playing it that is only because groups I'm in have moved to it.
B/X (in various OSR flavors) and DCC are much more my taste in D&D. 5e has too much of that 'character build' mentality for me to ever get cozy with it.

Still enjoying it quite a bit and still playing in some campaigns that stalled for a bit due to various family, health and work problems messing up several schedules.

As for the slow trickle of books. Theres been about one rules/monster book each year and usually 2 campaign size modules per year so far.

I prefer that to the glut that was 2e and on.

I would like to see a little more stuff. But what we have has so far been more than enough. Please god no more "Class for every single damn thing. Class paths and Backgrounds can do this just fine! We do NOT need a whole new knight class and a cavalier class, and a carries big shield class and a carries small shield class and a eats his bread butter side down freaking class! argh! the class.

New items are nice. Id love to see come construction rules for ships, airships, and maybee some day spelljammers.

Like ever edition I get pleasure and excitement from playing and running them all. The books themselves are just tools. Though my preference is more to later editions of D&D such as %E and PF.

Yes.  But I've run it enough that I'm starting to see the rough edges of it.  I'm at the married with children phase as opposed to the wooing phase.

The chargen minigame is still fun, (and it is mostly a challenge to make something completely useless). And some of the free .pdfs drag me out from slumber to download. Overall it has some draw to me as a compromise "quickie" game for new players. One can whip it out like MtG in-between other games and start in minutes.

The apps a'plenty along with simple bookkeeping tools keeps it an attractive contender. The easily referenceable .pdfs for my phone is a plus. As long as you keep most options turned off and tailor the game to your playstyle, it's a convenient lingua franca rpg.

The UA widgets and the like? Don't want. Often spaghetti thrown onto the wall to see what sticks.

I still love 5e. I'm just getting into homebrewing the hell out of it.

It never got me excited in the first place. I don't see anything it does that I can't do with Basic, 2E, 4E or C&C at less cost and without having to support a company that doesn't like me.

I play it because it's what my friends want to run, but even there, I stick with the Basic packet and the SRD for my PCs.

PHB, Volo's, and Xanathar's without feats; isn't a bad game.  People who don't like D & D period, are always gonna hate.

Quote from: Razor 007;1103895People who don't like D & D period, are always gonna hate.

I'm not a huge fan of D&D but I've never found myself begrudging others enjoyment of it. Sometimes it feels a little bit stifling in that the majority of RPG-related conversations tend towards D&D-centric as the default, but I don't have anything against its players or the game itself.

Quote from: Antiquation!;1103901

Quote from: Razor 007;1103895PHB, Volo's, and Xanathar's without feats; isn't a bad game.  People who don't like D & D period, are always gonna hate.

I'm not a huge fan of D&D but I've never found myself begrudging others enjoyment of it. Sometimes it feels a little bit stifling in that the majority of RPG-related conversations tend towards D&D-centric as the default, but I don't have anything against its players or the game itself.

Yep. It's not my favorite cup of tea, glass of beer, bottle of wine (choose your own metaphor), but it's still an RPG and so playing D&D is better than playing no RPG at all.

Quote from: Bren;1104001Yep. It's not my favorite cup of tea, glass of beer, bottle of wine (choose your own metaphor), but it's still an RPG and so playing D&D is better than playing no RPG at all.

I prefer a double well vodka neat. No wonder it's so hard getting groups together!

Quote from: Antiquation!;1104005I prefer a double well vodka neat. No wonder it's so hard getting groups together!

My house has 3 liquor cabinets and a wine cooler. I can do vodka for those who want it.