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Or they could, you know, put those resources into actual D&D.

These aren't actually related, though. I suppose you could say that AD&D is easier to learn because of the ubiquity of D&D in general...

I guess I was not clear: how would combat complexity interfere with roleplaying a conversation?

If you are specifically talking about "social combat" I suppose so. But having a wide range of combat maneuvers available (just by way...

AD&D was chock full of subsystems. My guess would be that you did not use all of those after starting with 3E, so have a "cleaned up"...

This seems to be one of those "crunch" assessments that only takes into account PC capabilities, not the mass of the rules. From a...

It would be interesting to know when all is said and done which packs did the best.

The ks launched.

The OSR started with OSRIC, the retro-clone of AD&D, which is not "rules lite" in anyone's estimation, I don't think. The move toward...

How so?

To me, this seems to exemplify the (false) assertion that TTRPGs are storytelling tools first, as opposed to game engines first...

I rather like the idea of Alien: Earth has a soft reboot of the whole thing. Rather than worrying about where it cotradicts, I mean.

I did not use the word "selling" so im guessing that is more of a you issue?

No. Not one shots.

You finish those in one session? Those each usually take me 2, or 3 if the group plays on the slow side.