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He included things he didn’t like, but that doesn’t mean he thought they weren’t sensible. Even if he did, other people didn’t, and Gary was humble enough to give credit to the opinions of others. He said that while he was in control, nothing got printed that he didn’t approve of. Sure, there...

In some ways B2 is kind of like a school workbook. Here’s an example X. Now here’s a start on another X for you to complete yourself.

Now, this is what bothers me about these kinds of discussions. And I’m not picking on you, Jack, because I’m indicting my younger self who said the same and much worse. Don’t you think the people who came up with those rules, the people who gave feedback while playing them, and the people who...

Heck, for many of us D&D was effectively out-of-print during a few years of the 1990s. D&D was dead to me for most of the 1990s.

It’s easy enough to add a mission to B2. (Or missions.) Make up a McGuffin and hide it in the Caves. Insert some NPCs in distress that need the McGuffin into the Keep. The Keep has a number of NPCs to interact with, and it’s easy to add more. It’s a place people might be passing through. You...

The difference between 1e and 2e is akin to 3.0e and 3.5e to me. There may actually be more mechanical difference, but they are highly compatible. If choosing a preference, though, 1e wins mainly through Gygax’s voice, ununified Illusionist, and ununified Druid. The big thing, however, is that...

But simultaneous combat is such fun! I prefer to increase the chance of it happening instead of decreasing it. Simply visualize the situation and judge where combatants are and what they can do based on that. If using miniatures & a battlemat, you should only think of them as visual aids. Use...

That’s my preference. Start with B/X and steal liberally from every other edition. (And more!) But those are all things I consider features!

D&D is most certainly better than C&R! It has a DM whom the players have agreed to be the final arbiter. Thereby solving the only flaw in C&R. While I have to admit to enjoying having additional rules, the farther we get from C&R+DM, the more we lose what is unique about D&D/RPGs and fall closer...

Of course. The point, however, is that it has nothing to do with how I feel about Wizards making a profit or not. The problem is that TSR had so many problems it’s hard to say that any one move they made is poison.

You seem to assume I haven’t bought many non-Wizards books in that time and that I wouldn’t have bought many Wizards products if they had done something different. If so, you are wrong on both counts.

I would think one of the reasons to play 1e would be to try the style of play in which lots of things are handled freeform through DM fiat (or judgement) and “mother may I” (or negotiation) and role-playing. To this end, you don’t want to get too caught up on the mechanics. Playing a fighter is...

It doesn’t seem to be working. I’ve only bought two of their books since 3.5 came out, and one of those was second-hand.

Depends. A game without it can be fun, but a game that used the whole thing could be fun too. Likewise anything in between.

Of course, there’s always the option of ignoring casting times and weapon speeds and just running it classic D&D style. (Which is what my groups did when I played 1e.) 1. Declare actions 2. Roll initiative (d6, high roll wins) 3a. If a caster’s side wins initiative, the caster gets the spell...

Wait...Tetsubo and Kamikaze Midget are married? ^_^ You can change your first love? I’m sorry, Lesley Potter, wherever you are. I’m retconning Misty White as my first love. ^_^ (Yes. I actually knew a girl named “Misty White”.)

Before 3e, my favorite class was Fighter. (Something I didn’t really realize until I looked back through my old character sheets.) In 3e, I actually preferred the Aristocrat class. Trading feats for a decent selection of skills. (Plus better starting money didn’t hurt.) The two big downsides...

o_O The last three Wizards’ products I acquired: The 4e PHB, the 3.5 UA, the 3.0 D&DG. ^_^ I’ve acquired a lot of other RPG products in that time. I’m not talking about diversity for me. I’m talking about it for publishers. The idea that Wizards would discontinue D&D because they published 4e...

I dunno. From my observations of the industry... I’ve also seen a lot of forgetting the past. I’ve seen a lot of ignorance of many game systems out there. I think the space is so well explored at this point that real discoveries are quite hard to find. It looks to me like D&D itself is...

Well, you see, not wanting to buy the DMG is new to me. OK, I didn’t buy the 3.5 DMG either, but that’s different. (^_^) I suspect one could indeed discuss 2e accurately without the DMG. But that’s neither here nor there, really.