Any table top RPG players on here?

I'm sure most of us 40 or so or older were paper and pen players in the 70s and 80s. Just couldn't get past the Hasbro/WotC cash grab with their churning editions. As they struggled with their business model, video game alternatives got better and better.

I haven't touched the stuff in years, certainly not 5e, although I hear good things about it.

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I’m itching to try 3.5 or Pathfinder to get a little more in depth with character creation too.

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I had a subscription to Dragon Magazine, many years ago. At some point, the actual publisher had a falling out with WotC and they started issuing those Pathfinder magazines, which were a hybrid between the old Dragon and a module on steroids. I kept it for a while. I was impressed at the effort they put into those things, but ultimately, I just didn't have the space for them and I dropped it.

Apparently Pathfinder 2.0 is launching this month, so the topic is somewhat timely.

I became interested a couple of years ago after falling down a YouTube rabbit hole and happening upon Critical Role. Before that, I only tangentially knew what TTRPGs and D&D were about.

I started off playing, but our first group dissolved quickly, so I now DM a homebrew campaign using 5e. It can be stressful at times, especially creating your own world and story while simultaneously trying to entertain your friends, but it’s incredibly rewarding. My only regret is that I didn’t start sooner.

Not 5e, but several of my friends play that and I listen to some of the play podcasts (The Adventure Zone and Not Another D&D Podcast).

My wife and I play Pathfinder and Shadowrun (though the second mostly just at conventions). I've played over my life:
Original D&D
Adv D&D 1st Ed
Adv D&D 2nd Ed
3rd Edition D&D
3.5 D&D
4th Edition D&D (albeit very briefly)
Pathfinder
Shadowrun 4th & 5th editions
Star Wars - d6 system
Star Wars - Edge of the Empire
Rifts
Rolemaster

I'm usually cool giving something a try at least a few times.

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It just dropped a week or so ago. I haven't read any reviews yet, but it looks promising.

I think they said they would be simplifying some things in the same way WoTC did when they moved to 5e. Not nearly as drastic though.

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It is quite different - I've skimmed through the book a bit.

Feats are broken up in a few categories now, with only a very small number of feats open to everyone. Most feats are class specific.
Paladin is gone (in place is the Champion - probably to cater to people wanting to play Neutral Paladins, etc)
Alchemist is now a core class

I haven't done a deep dive yet. I'm not sure if the game is really "simplified" or not from Pathfinder 1st edition.

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The Adventure Zone is great! That is interesting about the feat set up. The feat system was what had me most interested in trying Pathfinder.

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Yeah, it is SUPER different now. Not bad per se, but I also haven't tried it out in a game setting yet. I do know they tweaked quite a bit from the playtest.

I don't play often, but I have fun whenever I do play. Found myself enjoying Pathfinder more.

I've been back playing D&D for about 10 months now after a 15-year or so hiatus from playing table top RPGs, and I'm glad to be back to playing it.

I started out with 1st/2nd edition back in the 90s when someone gave them to my buddy, then we played a lot of the White Wolf games set in the original World of Darkness (probably my favorite setting).

Throw in some sessions of BattleTech (I think), various Star Wars, some edition of Lord of the Rings, and something loosely set in the Angle/Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe (good rule set) over the years.

Wish I played a bit more than every other week.

I got a game where we get together when. We can so it can be months apart. 4 years old now. But we like playing face to face.