I do indeed member, sky captain. I member being a Magic User using darts cos I had used my spell for the day🤣
It's gutting that WOTC are doing this, and I think it will cost them players, me included. Fuck em, they'll get no more of my money.
5th edition is the most up to date D&D, and you're absolutely right, it is a gateway. A few years back I put together a D&D group of random strangers through a tabletop gaming shop, we're all still playing together (Apart from one guy who was a douche). When I started they were all pretty new to tabletop games, now they're all expanding out into different systems, because of D&D.
Tabletop gaming, be it RPGs or wargames, are seeing something of a renaissance in the past few years, and I put it down mainly to the surge in popularity of D&D 5E.
5th is a very easy rules set to get into, and really helps people see the fun of TTRPGs.