Recent content by Lord_Blacksteel

There's an easy check on whether something is a new edition: Is the existing Player's Handbook (in this case) still usable in a new game or has it been replaced by a new version? With Essentials the PHB 1-2-3 were not replaced by these books - they were add-ons, not revamps. Having a different...

There was a WoW RPG years ago - it lasted a few years and then failed. Why would WOTC, with D&D even more popular now than then and WoW even less popular now than then, "regret" not making this?

No one said "first" - you said "oldest" and it is not the oldest SFRPG. One example (among others as you mentioned) MA is definitely older and is still in print in several places and editions: https://goodman-games.com/store/product/metamorphosis-alpha-deluxe-collectors-edition-2/...

From the link above: "Traveller is the oldest science fiction roleplaying game..." Now we know this isn't true so why are you saying it in the first sentence on a site aimed at new players?

I think the meat of the question is not just an older edition - it's playing anything outside of the current edition of D&D. The answer is that you don't lose anything - as Stormonu says above there are a ton of great games out there and restricting yourself to one is just a shame. I've been...

"Believe it or not, there's people who don't like games. At all." We know this already. I've seen a lot of good stuff from you Talien but was there a point here? No response is needed and you are unlikely to argue someone into suddenly liking games so ... what are we doing here exactly?

4th at least came out all at once and had an option for a slipcase collection day 1. You're right for quite a few editions though.

GURPS and Champions cited as using "bucketfuls" of dice? For damage maybe but their normal task resolution is 3d6 roll under - precisely because it gives that bell curve. Also: "adding isn't easy" - come on, is this a serious issue in actual games? Addition? Really? "Legibility" - this is a...

"Huge numbers of DMs run campaigns written by other people, after all." Yes, PEOPLE. Not programs, not video games, not AI. The whole point of RPGs is a creative exercise between people. Why not let an AI create the world? Why not then let an AI DM run the game? Why not then let AI's play the...

Sure ... Cyberpunk Red is "just a promo more for a video game than a really thought-out system as such." ... sure. It's totally not the newest edition of the original cyberpunk RPG that goes all the way back to the 80's when CP was a hot new concept and created the world that the videogame was...

It's been this way in D&D for a long time and I do not see it changing but it has been addressed in other systems. 4E D&D addressed it with the At-Will/Encounter/Daily structure for powers and players tended to save those big booms for the big encounters. The Sentinel Comics RPG is a flavor...

I can argue with the initial premise for the OP: D&D 2E launched in 1989 and it was huge so D&D hardly went dormant during this time. By the mid-90's and the Players Options books, sure, but the early 90's - no. D&D was still the big dog and though VtM made a lot of inroads it never became the...

Well we have at least one example with 4e Forgotten Realms ... Time jump Big changes to setting Lots of prior fans unhappy and pretty vocal about it I think that's a good reason you're not seeing a release for this one - once you make enough changes who would it please?

Lot of strange takes here on a game system that has been out for over 35 years. If you hate the roll under, the defense roll, the generic-ness, then yes, GURPS is not your system and I would not expect a new edition of it to make any of those changes, frankly. It's like expecting D&D to go to a...

Switch Either Genre or System But Not Both In my experience this is not optimal as a fantasy game will constantly be compared to D&D and approached with a similar mindset if you've only been playing D&D which kind of defeats the purpose of trying something new. Switching genres but using very...