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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 9541971" data-attributes="member: 42582">As others, and I, have posted, &quot;old school&quot; is not referencing a particular time period, but a genre of play - a playstyle, if you prefer - that was advocated in some seminal texts (the original D&amp;D rulebooks, Gygax's&nbsp; DMG and PHB, and Moldvay Basic being the most prominent ones), and is distinct from the sort of play that, post-DL, became mainstream.I don't quite get this. You have an edition - 5e D&amp;D that is (i) the most successful version of D&amp;D ever (as I understand it at least) and (ii) that cleans up your favoured rule set and fully enables the sort of play that AD&amp;D 2nd ed aspired to,As far as nostalgia is concerned, I see that as neither here nor there. I have a nostalgic fondness for AD&amp;D - it's classes, weapon list, spells and magic items are very colourful, and were formative in my thinking about FRPGing - but no particular nostalgia for &quot;old school&quot; play, which I never really did myself (although I started playing D&amp;D in 1982) and which I am not very good at as either player or GM.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 9541971, member: 42582"] As others, and I, have posted, "old school" is not referencing a particular time period, but a genre of play - a playstyle, if you prefer - that was advocated in some seminal texts (the original D&D rulebooks, Gygax's DMG and PHB, and Moldvay Basic being the most prominent ones), and is distinct from the sort of play that, post-DL, became mainstream. I don't quite get this. You have an edition - 5e D&D that is (i) the most successful version of D&D ever (as I understand it at least) and (ii) that cleans up your favoured rule set and fully enables the sort of play that AD&D 2nd ed aspired to, As far as nostalgia is concerned, I see that as neither here nor there. I have a nostalgic fondness for AD&D - it's classes, weapon list, spells and magic items are very colourful, and were formative in my thinking about FRPGing - but no particular nostalgia for "old school" play, which I never really did myself (although I started playing D&D in 1982) and which I am not very good at as either player or GM. [/QUOTE]

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