Went to Just-a-Game Con on Saturday, and played in a D&D 4e demo. I won't go into details (if you want details, this is a good rundown), but in short I like it. A lot. My first-level wizard was way more fun to play than any first-level wizard I've ever seen, and it feels like the fixes are systemic and smart, with a real focus on making the game friendlier, faster, and funner. I'm very confident 4e will be a much better game than 3.5.

I'm running a 3.5 game that I'm ready to shut down in the next couple of months (expect a post-mortem post here in 6-7 weeks). I won't be re-tooling that game to 4e.

But I'm playing a wizard in another 3.5 game I really enjoy, and which appears to have the legs to go on indefinitely. And the GM has no intention to switch to 4e. I think that's a real shame. I'd prefer to play 4e, but I see her point. The period of learning could really disrupt her story-focused campaign. It's a mature game, and our characters are at 12th and 13th level. Most of us are built out of a variety of splatbooks. The characters would play much differently if they were converted to 4e PHB-only rules.

And I don't want to play another D&D game. I've said before that I'm not that much of a fantasy fan. I'd rather my second game was something different (Trail of Cthulhu is new and shiny). I especially don't want to play a 3.5 game and a 4e game at the same time.

If I can't needle the GM into switching -- and she was pretty adamant that she won't -- I'll be sticking with 3.5 for a while longer. Ah well.