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As I cited earlier in this thread (and as others have cited below), the Complete Book of Humanoids gives rules for orc and half-orc PCs that update the guidelines from the DMG, whereby they neither have an Intelligence penalty nor need to be of evil alignment.

Indeed. And, as was noted earlier in this thread, orc PCs who weren't stupid or evil were the default in AD&D as well (orcs and half orcs in AD&D don't get an Int penalty and orc and half-orc PCs can be any alignment). Evil stupid orcs is a relatively recent thing and I'm glad to see it gone...

Yeah, just on this point alone, AD&D orcs and half-orcs didn't have an Int penalty at all (WotC added that in 3e, and removing it is a good thing) and the Complete Book of Humanoids explicitly says "PC orcs and half-orcs may be of any alignment" (p 49). Evil stupid orc PCs is not a thing in...

Yeah, Mage is my favourite WoD game by far. There's a similarity there, though - like Mage, VtM grew in scope so rapidly to encompass other styles of play other than personal horror that the narrower focus of V5 is difficult for some players to stomach. My impression is that upcoming V5 releases...

If you're looking to recreate the mood and setting of the Vampire computer games, you want V20 instead of V5. The mechanics of both are clunky - neither is a particularly smooth game - so it's like @Diehl says: it depends on the kind of game you're looking to play. V5 will support and reinforce...

This is a big one for us. There are hefty fines where I live for breaking lockdown rules, so a lift of the lockdown and an end to those conditions would be a must before we can even consider it.

I think this lies at the heart of a great Torg experience. On a meta-level, Torg is about playing with genres. Mixing characters from different genres. Seeing what will happen when characters from one genre end up in another. It's a game that tells stories about stories and it really rewards you...

I missed this earlier but omg yes. B/X stat mods really suit the 3d6 curve and I use them in my AD&D game in preference to AD&D's spread whenever possible.

He was statted out in Dragon #28. So he's an unofficial member ;)

In the case of my daughter's group, a couple of them had heard of D&D through Critical Role and, I believe, the Adventure Zone, but were enjoying it as media, not as something you do. The others were all fresh to the concept and the game. My son's group had never heard of any of the streams...

That's exactly what happened with my family. I taught all my kids and ran games for the family. My eldest son introduced his friends. My daughter ran a campaign for seven of her friends, creating at least one new DM. It has absolutely become a multi-generational game, being passed down to a new...

My favourite edition is 2e, with B/X jostling for joint first. But I gotta choose one, so 2e. B/X: The purest essence of D&D, distilled into very few pages. This is the platonic true form of the game for me, against which all others are measured. BECMI is a very nice expansion on its core...

Without a doubt. And not just a good thing, but an essential thing as well :)

Oh sure - like I say, their figures are bound to be representative. I'm not arguing with that. I'm addressing the question that Morrus raised about where the older gamers have gone. Some are still playing - just in arenas that won't necessarily be represented in these numbers.

I wonder whether some of us older players aren't being captured by WotC's numbers (although I don't know what WotC are doing to get these numbers). I know that I've gone back to earlier editions and don't really interact with the current game and community much anymore. I'm in three groups that...

Wasn't an issue at all where I was living at the time (Japan). Two of my players were members of a local church group and our school was very supportive of the game. Glad this was something that passed me by in the 80s :)

I wrapped up a 2e campaign before diving into 3e, but I put many enjoyable years into this edition. I enjoyed the ability to customise your game and your character with a high degree of mechanical specificity. You could really build pretty much whatever you could imagine and have a decent degree...

I got tons of use out of the Crusades book... for my Vampire: the Dark Ages chronicle :D I also stole the fensirborn from the Vikings book for my homebrew AD&D game. They're still part of it to this day.

I'm running it now and loving it. I started with B/X back in 82, moved to AD&D1e, transitioned to 2e and played it until a couple of years into 3e's run. I did play 3e for a while, but went back to 2e. It's just such a great, solid system at its core. I've accumulated a fair amount of houserules...

The best edition of D&D, no contest. I'm actually running a hacked 2e at the moment, but would run a BX game in a heartbeat.