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<blockquote data-quote="Superchunk77" data-source="post: 9211115" data-attributes="member: 6684404"><p>Mechanically, TSR books were all over the map. They were not balanced, but they didn't really care much about balance back then. Their strength was in the lore and fluff material. It was creative, well written, and was not infected by postmodernist nonsense. </p><p></p><p>From TSR, I loved the campaign settings (there were lots). The boxed set format full of books, maps, and other goodies had me hooked. In particular, Dark Sun and Birthright are two of my favorites. Both settings were well written and featured their own unique themes and mechanics. Dark Sun was such a unique world that it instantly stuck with me, while Birthright's domain system and bloodline mechanics combined to make a totally new game style for D&D.</p><p></p><p>From WotC, there are far fewer books that stand out to me. However, my favorite edition of D&D was 3.5e. Red Hand of Doom was awesome, the Core rulebooks, along with the Spell Compendium and some of the Monster Manuals are also faves. The 4e Dark Sun books were kinda cool, even though I didn't play 4e. None of their 5e material has resonated with me at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Superchunk77, post: 9211115, member: 6684404"] Mechanically, TSR books were all over the map. They were not balanced, but they didn't really care much about balance back then. Their strength was in the lore and fluff material. It was creative, well written, and was not infected by postmodernist nonsense. From TSR, I loved the campaign settings (there were lots). The boxed set format full of books, maps, and other goodies had me hooked. In particular, Dark Sun and Birthright are two of my favorites. Both settings were well written and featured their own unique themes and mechanics. Dark Sun was such a unique world that it instantly stuck with me, while Birthright's domain system and bloodline mechanics combined to make a totally new game style for D&D. From WotC, there are far fewer books that stand out to me. However, my favorite edition of D&D was 3.5e. Red Hand of Doom was awesome, the Core rulebooks, along with the Spell Compendium and some of the Monster Manuals are also faves. The 4e Dark Sun books were kinda cool, even though I didn't play 4e. None of their 5e material has resonated with me at all. [/QUOTE]
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