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<blockquote data-quote="RFisher" data-source="post: 3817914" data-attributes="member: 3608"><p>But there <em>was</em> talk in <em>Dragon</em> during 2e development of using that kind of version number system to differentiate various combinations of 1e/2e/variant-rules.</p><p></p><p>(...but don't get me started on going from x.0 to x.5, 'cause that drives me all prescriptivist & marketing-bashy... (^_^))</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>(<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" />) I think there <em>were</em> mechanical differences between OA/WSG/DSG & the rest. (Noting that although Gary's name was on the OA cover, it's primarily the work of Zeb Cook.) NWPs were a mechanical change. (Although the significance might have varied from group-to-group.)</p><p></p><p>But forget about mechanics. You don't need mechanical differences for there to be differences.</p><p></p><p>In any case, I'm with those who think it all depends upon the distinction you are trying to make in a specific context. Pre/post-Gygax, pre/post-UA, pre/post-Dragonlance, pre/post-NWPs. There are lots of distinctions to be made.</p><p></p><p>Which is part of why I left things like "oAD&D+" off my edition recognition chart.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">Edit: Changed "changes" to "differences" since I think it fits better.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RFisher, post: 3817914, member: 3608"] But there [i]was[/i] talk in [i]Dragon[/i] during 2e development of using that kind of version number system to differentiate various combinations of 1e/2e/variant-rules. (...but don't get me started on going from x.0 to x.5, 'cause that drives me all prescriptivist & marketing-bashy... (^_^)) (o_O) I think there [i]were[/i] mechanical differences between OA/WSG/DSG & the rest. (Noting that although Gary's name was on the OA cover, it's primarily the work of Zeb Cook.) NWPs were a mechanical change. (Although the significance might have varied from group-to-group.) But forget about mechanics. You don't need mechanical differences for there to be differences. In any case, I'm with those who think it all depends upon the distinction you are trying to make in a specific context. Pre/post-Gygax, pre/post-UA, pre/post-Dragonlance, pre/post-NWPs. There are lots of distinctions to be made. Which is part of why I left things like "oAD&D+" off my edition recognition chart. [SIZE=1]Edit: Changed "changes" to "differences" since I think it fits better.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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