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Having not played D&D for 20 years I picked it back up again recently to play with my kids. I read the core rules for both D&D 4E and Pathfinder.

I went with Pathfinder (returned D&D to Amazon) because it was "the real D&D". Simple as that. 4E is a different game than I remember whereas Pathfinder is a refined version of the best RPG ever. Paizo also did the best production job I have ever seen in any RPG product. Their books are just beautiful.

Also, and this may sound silly but the inclusion of the Dragonborn and the Tieflings as core races was a major turn-off with D&D. Those races seem to suggest a much younger target audience.

Finally, I really like the fact that "the game" is now called "Pathfinder" instead of "Dungeons and Dragons". As a business-man, family-man, Christian..."Pathfinder" just doesn't have the negative connotations that "Dungeons and Dragons" has because people have no clue what it is. That's not to say that the general public has any clue what D&D is either but "everyone knows it's that devil game" or at the least, "it's that game for dysfunctional nerds". I'm a highly functional nerd thank you very much!

I hadn't played a RPG for almost 20 years but recently started playing Pathfinder with my kids (ages 10 & 12) and they are having a blast. I've been looking for some adult gamers to run a game with but haven't been able to find anyone.

The landscape is quite different then when I played before. Back in the day you could go into a game store and look on the wall and find open games or post a game you want to run and players would come out of the woodwork. These days the groups that I run into at the local gaming store all play right there in the store and tend to be a group of people who already know each other (closed groups).

Posting on various Internet directories has produced no results.

I've played in one PFS game but have a lot more interest in running a homebrew game. PFS is a but too limited for my taste. Also, I'd rather not play in a game store. I find such environments to be too noisy.

AnyHOO...Have any of you come back to the hobby after being away for a long time and having lost all contacts with others who play? How did you get your groups together.

BTW...I'm in Atlanta.