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In general, I'd suggest that the key to success is writing what you're excited to write, and letting it go from there. But what the...

I actually prefer it over D&D. My ‘what would your 6e look like’ post definitely was influenced by it. From all the games out there it...

I guess my query to you is if you think this discussion is silly, why are you here reading and responding to it? "It's all D&D"...

Sure, D&D is D&D and they're all similar in many ways. It's not hard to convert any material from any edition to any other edition on...

That's absurd. It felt the same because combat worked the same. If I hadn't read the rules, then I would obviously have noticed when...

Speaking as someone else who played 3e regularly from 2000 until about 2017 or so, and is currently re-reading almost all of my 3e...

If that's indeed what he meant, then I'd argue that he's very wrong. 5e is a streamlined reworking of 3e with a few 4e elements...

We're talking about the BECMI line, right? Elmore did 100% of the covers of the BECMI boxes. You're probably thinking of the related...

Best part of BECMI was the Larry Elmore cover art. I don't mind the change in focus of the text. I think B/X and its expected level...

No, 3e launched with the "back to the dungeon" vibe. It was clearly a reaction against 2e, or at least against the popular perception of...

3e was a direct successor to 2e, but mechanically it was a new thing, and "spiritually" it was probably more a successor to 1e. 5e seems...

I've been using your method b except with 4d6 for decades. In fact, I'm not sure that I've ever really done anything different in D&D...

For me, a litmus test for a generic system needs to be able to do more than one thing, so it's more like 3-4 litmus tests; I need a good...

Older than D&D, but broadly from the same time frame.

4e wasn't the kind of game that I was looking for at all, but I loved how they played a little more fast and loose with a lot of the...