Psion
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I wonder if the inherent old-school feel of 4E
Inherent who-wha?
I wonder if the inherent old-school feel of 4E
Inherent who-wha?
You and me both, S'mon. I'd like to thank 4e for helping me find OD&D and not because 4e had these supposed "back to it's roots" qualities.
Is it my imagination, or has there been an increase of interest (ie posts) in 1E the last few weeks?
I wonder if the inherent old-school feel of 4E hasn't led more than a few gamers to explore the style's roots a bit more? Or if "edition wars" fatigue is fostering a fondness for the less-complicated gaming environment of yore?
Whatever it is, glad to see 1E AD&D is not going to fade away any time soon...
Well, I'll be a contradicting data point, I'm afraid.Well, to state seriously what I was stating jokingly, I don't think 4e has much "old school" feel at all. If anything is repsonsible for a supposed spike in old school interest related to 4e, I would suspect it is that people dissatisfied with the degree to which 4e divorces itself from legacy D&D elements that 4e scuttles decide to consider games they already have to recapture that feel.
Well, I can't speak for everyone, but the thing that got me most interested in the earlier editions of D&D was Castles & Crusades.
I picked up the starter rules for C&C back on Free RPG Day. That little yellow booklet reminded me that the game doesn't have to be as complicated as it is now (yes, even under the 4E rules.) I remembered that once upon a time, all we needed to play were two books, some dice, and a few sheets of graph paper.
The funny thing is, I never really got into C&C. I played the demo game at my FLGS once, and I showed it to my group, but it never really took off. As it turned out, we didn't want to learn a new game system; we wanted to play the old BECMI ones instead. We already had the books, we were already familiar with the rules, all that.
Are you seriously trying to say that 1E and 4E are similar enough that 4E has revived 1E? Considering the vast differences the two systems have, I would say that it's more like people are fed up with the new edition, tons of splatbooks, lather, rinse, and repeat roller coaster than any similarities between the two editions.