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Mike Mornard, part of Gygax's original group, described OD&D as "Leiber and Vance blended together and garnished with shaved Tolkien."

From the beginning, we were getting two different messages--"Ze game will remain ze same!" and "You're better off creating new characters and campaigns than trying to convert old ones," which I remember also coming out of GenCon 2007.

Resemblance of the latter's name to WotC's secret patron? ;) :D

The thief is utterly useless in the original in part because of coding errors that negated its whole escape/Luck schtick, although if you can make it through to the class change, the Ninja is respectable for its weapon access and Level 4 Black Magic (FAST is a gamechanger). Although other...

In the book, the Balrog's fire is quenched when it plunges into the abyss beneath the Bridge, and it doesn't become fiery again until it and Gandalf emerge from the Endless Stair.

Have they found them in Sumatra yet, or is the world still not prepared for that story? :)

True, and probably connected to the fact that for the past quarter-century, D&D has primarily been about being D&D. :) On the original premise, I'd support it if we were back at the planning for 2nd Edition again, but at this point, the genre has become its own thing, and the official game is...

The problem isn't that the cleric has no role, but that it has three of them--vampire hunter, wonder-working saint, and Knight Templar--mashed together uneasily. Even then, it could work, but it's been further mashed up with 'priest of Symbiotic Henotheistic Pagan Deities', and with the emphasis...

Fair enough; I was relying more on title than on OP for my assumption of why she hadn't shown up.

Guinevere's a queen, not a princess; different archetype and narrative space.

Are you sure? Because the "3.5" came from the fans; WotC was calling them the 'Revised 3rd Edition' rulebooks when first announced in 2002, but "3.5" became so popular in the online discussion space that they decided to run with it.

Adora, Aurora, Eilonwy (books, not film), and Zelda are my personal iconics of those who've been mentioned, but I also have a soft spot for the more obscure Princess Gwaelin/Lora (Dragon Warrior/Quest 1).

Dungeons & Dragons (2010s--Present): Brand first, game third.

I think D&D's status as the 8000-lb. red dragon has been a negative both for D&D (as the owners try to make it all things to all people) and for the RPG hobby as a whole (as so many things get suffocated or warped to fit into its unique shape).

Check out Daniel James Hanley's Ghastly Affair for this very thing using an OSR foundation: DriveThruRPG

Speak for yourself. ;)

I've long figured it was released a year or two ahead of schedule, both in terms of 'what the market was ready for' and 'how much design work had gone into it.' I think a lot of the designers were assuming a level of dissatisfaction with 3.5's rough points that either wasn't there, or that...

No, the Dragonlance iteration came first, and the Marvel version second, being published two years after Dragonlance: Fifth Age. The SAGA iteration of Marvel should not be confused with the earlier FASERIP version.

Tab Creations appears to have done some work retro-cloning it, but I haven't taken a look at their products yet.

I love it and ran several games of it ... but never in Dragonlance. I ran some playtest sessions for the Ravenloft variant that I wrote for DRAGON Magazine, as well as short-lived campaigns based off the Dragon Quest (fka Dragon Warrior) and Final Fantasy 1 video game settings.