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I have been thinking about the OP's topic of late. I started playing D&D with BECMI, then we moved to 2e as soon as it hit the market...

I found that using the variant rule (replace XP with 20xXP gp expenditure) tends to work better. As I also use the "power components"...

Yeah, that's a truism that's been noted previously, and it remains salient to this day.

EXACTLY this! The first thing I ask when discussions on 3e get heated is "have you read the DMG"? And 9 out of 10 times, the reply is...

Re-reading the DMG, there are a lot of guidelines and advice if actually listened to could have saved many a game from alpha-striking...

The big chart was also a pain to read and use. But there's some cool stuff in there.

Not going to lie, part of it is nostalgia. But I do think the art on the whole in the 89 versions is better. Oof! Yeah, there was a ton...

All Weapon Masteries had multiple levels, and they could be achieved by non-Fighters. But fighters got way more opportunities to achieve...

In 1e fighters with multiple attacks always won initiative, so a magic-user was screwed in melee. In 2e they changed the rule so the...

Fighters were pretty devastating. Even at high levels they could drop a magic user in one round most of the time. They never got tired...

One thing I can't figure out is why 2e simplified specialization in the first place. Even as a Fighter-only benefit, it's only nice not...

The double specialisation rule from UA was better, as it did allow Rangers (only) to specialise, but they were much restricted in which...

First, a little about me. I came into the hobby in 1989 with AD&D 2nd edition. It seems that I'm one of the few "old timers" without a...

Speaking only for myself: Several restrictions on magic users were removed or loosened, for the worse: Preparation time drops from 15...

Aesthetics and nostalgia, plus this: I think there's a lot of truth here. 2E tried to be all things to all DMs, and encompasses some...