Was Reading My Mentzer Expert Rules and What did I see?

[Philotomy Jurament]

...how am I not playing D&D when using 4e?

I'd say you're playing 4e D&D, but I understand "4e D&D" to be a very different game from the earlier editions. (I say the same thing about 3e.) I don't think "different game" is necessarily a slam on 3e or 4e. Heck, Mike Mearls said something similar: "OD&D and D&D 4 are such different games that they cater to very different needs."

 

[Keefe the Thief]

Different games =/= not D&D. All editions of D&D are different from each oth...

You know, why do i bother? If you´re comfortably sitting in the nest of your preferred edition, what reason is there to admit that other editions can be D&D too? Especially if you don´t like them.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

Different games =/= not D&D. All editions of D&D are different from each oth...You know, why do i bother?

Some editions are more different than others, and the weight of the differences may be more or less significant. I just wrote a post about that in another thread.

 

[RFisher]

Well, maybe you can explain this to me then.

Was I playing D&D when I was using Tome of Magic and Book of Nine Swords?

If I was, then how am I not playing D&D when using 4e?

I can’t tell you how it feels to you. I can’t tell you what your personal definition of “D&D” is. I can only give you my point-of-view.