What version of D&D is your favourite to play (expanded poll)

[Xyanthon]

AD&D 1e pre UA is my prefered edition. The rest I like for varying reasons and find them fun to play. However, I don't think anything will ever beat 1e for me.

 

[Chupacabra]

Although I spent (wasted?) countless hours of my life playing 1.0 & 2.0, I genuinely prefer 3.0/3.5. I like the crunchy bits of tactics and character creation and development. There is plenty of crud too in 3.X that I just house rule out of existance.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I voted "other," but really, I've enjoyed most of the permutations.

But if I had to pick my plateau, it'd be the following:

-Basic D&D (even now I'm impressed by how well-done those books are, judging the art, the rules, and the enticement factor)

-AD&D 2e, excluding Player's Option stuff (since I spent the most amount of years playing it)

- Castles & Crusades (Different name, but it's still what I wish 3e had been, and is just as much a part of the D&D legacy, in my opinion)

I'm trying to be more open to 3e, I really am. There are plenty of things I can admit to liking, now. But compared to past editions, it doesn't have the mileage of fun and enjoyment.

 

[Pants]

(though I still think the sorcerer gets hosed by splitting up the old 1e utility spells),

That was one of my least favorite changes.

 

[Lanefan]

I voted "other" because while my game was originally based on 1e with UA before UA existed (in other words, it was based on 1e plus some of the various DragMag articles that ended up *becoming* UA), it has since been houseruled so extensively as to almost be its own edition...but is still quite recognizably old-ish school (A)D+D.

Lanefan

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

"Other" I enjoy each version of D&D equally, except 2E with or without options. I thought the release of 2E was useless. They just repackaged stuff I already had and took away options. Then kits came along - OK concept - no balance - horrible. I don't even want to talk about Player Options -

 

[Wormwood]

It was a tough decision, but 3.5 won out over Moldvay Basic in the end.

Probably because I haven't played Basic D&D in over 20 years, and I'm not sure how much of my fondness for it is rooted in nostalgia.

3.5 however, managed to impress the much more critical adult that I have become.

 

[Ranes]

I prefer to play 3.5. Begone, 4e!

 

[thedungeondelver]

I have played almost all the editions listed in the poll. Some, like 1e, OD&D, and 3e, I played fairly extensively.

However, I said "other", since, like several others who have posted here, my preferred edition is a hybrid between 3.0e and 3.5e.

How do you hybridize the same game with itself? Rather, what is the same game mechanically. I mean I'm really curious. Are there that many differences between 3.0 and 3.5?

 

[Raven Crowking]

How do you hybridize the same game with itself? Rather, what is the same game mechanically. I mean I'm really curious. Are there that many differences between 3.0 and 3.5?

Don't know about Storm Raven, but I could easily see one using the 3.5 races and classes while keeping the 3.0 weapons, spells, and combat rules.


RC