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<blockquote data-quote="M.L. Martin" data-source="post: 5785872" data-attributes="member: 4086">There is evidence for this. Back in the days when BD&amp;D and AD&amp;D were being produced simultaneously, it appeared that many newer players felt more comfortable with AD&amp;D and its apparent 'rules for everything', while more experienced players were more comfortable with BD&amp;D and its looser, more open structure.&nbsp; I'm not sure that minis and a grid make the gamer either simpler or more complex--they allow for greater precision, but at the expense of more factors to manage. I also disagree that complexity should really be tied to level. Starting players may start at 1st level with a simpler set, yes, but experienced gamers may want to start low-level campaigns, new gamers may want to give a high-level module a whirl, or gamers who progress through the levels may prefer different levels of complexity than the game proscribes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="M.L. Martin, post: 5785872, member: 4086"] There is evidence for this. Back in the days when BD&D and AD&D were being produced simultaneously, it appeared that many newer players felt more comfortable with AD&D and its apparent 'rules for everything', while more experienced players were more comfortable with BD&D and its looser, more open structure. I'm not sure that minis and a grid make the gamer either simpler or more complex--they allow for greater precision, but at the expense of more factors to manage. I also disagree that complexity should really be tied to level. Starting players may start at 1st level with a simpler set, yes, but experienced gamers may want to start low-level campaigns, new gamers may want to give a high-level module a whirl, or gamers who progress through the levels may prefer different levels of complexity than the game proscribes. [/QUOTE]

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