Starting Out On a Heartbreaker
The party conversation usually starts with a friend excitedly dragging someone over to me, saying “Do you know Levon? He’s a huge D&D nerd. You’ve got to meet this person, Levon. They love D&D just like you do.” I know D&D. I’ve loved D&D. But my love affair with D&D is over. We’re still friends, I think, but sometimes D&D makes me so angry, and the bad memories come rushing back. I’m a different person, now. D&D has changed, too. Extremely popular with a young and enthusiastic crowd. In the spotlight, happy in ways I could never make it happy. I’m truly happy for its success. I really am! I recently bought the new essentials kit to try out. I really liked the essentials red box that came out for 4th edition back in the day, so I grabbed this thinking it'd be boiled down, refined 5e but with maybe with a Moldvay twist. But nah, it's just same old homework-feeling, arcane tome except instead of a tome it's thinner like a magazine. As I sa