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You know, that’s exactly how I felt about AD&D for years. I didn’t want its “fantasy melting-pot”, and it annoyed me that there was so much in the core rules that I had to ban to try to shoe-horn it onto my campaign world. For the most part these days, I’m trying to let D&D be D&D more. (I...

I’ve never been one to buy a lot of the “support” stuff, so that doesn’t really bother me. I’m a bit uncomfortable, however, if a player joins the group and wants to buy his own copy of the rules, and I have to send him to eBay, Half Price Books, or to buy a not-so-good scanned PDF. Although...

Maybe? Maybe? Nay. Clearly. This is what makes me sad. Pre-2000 D&D, 3e, and 4e are different enough and good enough that they deserve to be presented, marketed, and sold as separate games rather than different editions of one game. Although, with the retro-clones and Pathfinder, we’re coming...

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Based on the reaction to the bloodthirsty halfling pic that was in Dragon, I think Wizards understands that they only “need” to go this route if they want to run-off a sizable chunk of their D&D customers.

It’s not. Don’t believe them. Sadly enough, when I thought I might have to declare backruptcy, I gave some thought to “giving” my RPG collection to a friend or family member to ensure it wouldn’t get liquidated. (Though I don’t really have anything of any great value. Except maybe my early 1e...

What am I doing with my 3e collection? Nothing. They’re staying right there next to the 1e and 2e hardbacks. Just added a second-hand 3.5e UA to them. (My only 3.5 book—except for the Mongoose Pocket PHB.) Besides the fact that there are still plans in my group for at least one 3.5 campaign, I...

Right. Which is why you never saw reprints of classic Traveller—which certainly has a smaller market than OOP editions of D&D—on your FLGS’s shelves...wait...hmmm It’d be as crazy as licensing AD&D to Kenzer and having them sell AD&D labelled as “Hackmaster”...wait... I mean, you didn’t see a...

CT is the one, true Traveller. All others... You know the drill. ^_^

Culpa mea. Legends of the Ancient World. Some links: retroclone.jottit.com

1980s: Houston suburbs 1990s: Austin 2000s: Austin suburbs Seems like wherever I live, the LGS situation is a constant sine wave between one and half-a-dozen. Which—with my charisma—I would expect to always fail. ^_^ Well, I didn’t really say anything about how easy or hard it was to find...

I stopped playing 2e because I stopped playing D&D. I was done with classes. I was done with D&D magic. I was done with levels. NWP were a sad kludge instead of a real skill system. None of that applies anymore, though. (Except that I still find NWP something of a sad kludge, but for slightly...

Here’s the thing about C&C, though: Sometimes players will accept it where they’re more resistant to older editions of D&D. C&C is sparse enough, however, that you can pretty much actually be running classic D&D or AD&D under the name C&C. A few house rules introduced without mentioning (A)D&D...

To grossly simplify it: Basic D&D → Expert D&D → (Traveller) → AD&D1e → AD&D2e → (GURPS/Rolemaster/Hârnmaster/HERO) → AD&D2e → D&D“3e” → Expert D&D When 2e came out, my group & I embraced it. By c. 1991, though, I didn’t think I’d ever play any version of D&D again. Mid-1990s I played a 2e...

Every group I’ve been a part of has played games other than D&D. Heck, one group I was in never played D&D. I wish I understood what the difference was. Why has it never been hard for me to find people who will play other games?

There’s a good chance the d20 system doesn’t fit your genre either. A lot of the games based on the d20 SRD changed and tweaked so much that they took as much development as a fresh system would have. d20 (3.0, 3.5, and Modern) The Action System True20 SRD Mongoose RuneQuest SRD/GORE...

I have this ideal that the perfect RPG uses no mechanics. Being imperfect, however, I need the crutch of mechanics to lean on most of the time. Sessions without mechanics are those times when my group and I manage to approach the ideal. But then, I’m weird. ^_^

4e for casual gamers? I would definitely point casual gamers towards Dungeon Squad or T&T or any number of other games long before I recommend 4e. A game with 768 pages of core rules ain’t casual. Look at the number of RPGs for which the entire core rules is less than the 320 pages of the PHB...

I suppose I can see your point, but I’ve never felt it to be selfish. I’ve never found myself thinking, “I sure wish (s)he’d buy a PHB.” Of all the ways selfishness can manifest itself on game night, I’m more than happy to tolerate this minor one. I really have a hard time seeing it as any...

Yes and no for me. Having read an article about D&D that my mom had shown me, I bought a Basic Set (Moldvay) and the Expert rulebook. A few friends and I (and once recruiting my dad to DM) tried a few sessions. I don’t really count that as a start so much as just becoming familiar with the...