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<blockquote data-quote="TheEvil" data-source="post: 5643871" data-attributes="member: 23261">Be that as it may, I would agree with Arrowhawk that the nature of arguing about rules defiantely changed between 2nd and 3rd editions.&nbsp; Rules 'lawyering' as seen in 3rd was driven largely by appeals to the Rules and Written or Intended.&nbsp; As Arrowhawk put it, what happened in 2nd edition was more often politicking as there were far less concrete rules to appeal to.One difference I also notice between editions what what features were in Dragon magazine.&nbsp; It seemed to me that during 1st and 2nd, there were quite a few articles about how one could handle situations not covered explicitely by the rules.&nbsp; Once 3.x came out, it seemed* like there were fewer of those.*Disclaimer:&nbsp; I grew up playing 1st and 2nd edition in rural Alaska and read each month's Dragon from cover to cover.&nbsp; Several times.&nbsp; It may well be that I simply didn't read the 3rd editions ones as closely, since by then I had moved to the 'lower 48', as we say.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheEvil, post: 5643871, member: 23261"] Be that as it may, I would agree with Arrowhawk that the nature of arguing about rules defiantely changed between 2nd and 3rd editions. Rules 'lawyering' as seen in 3rd was driven largely by appeals to the Rules and Written or Intended. As Arrowhawk put it, what happened in 2nd edition was more often politicking as there were far less concrete rules to appeal to. One difference I also notice between editions what what features were in Dragon magazine. It seemed to me that during 1st and 2nd, there were quite a few articles about how one could handle situations not covered explicitely by the rules. Once 3.x came out, it seemed* like there were fewer of those. *Disclaimer: I grew up playing 1st and 2nd edition in rural Alaska and read each month's Dragon from cover to cover. Several times. It may well be that I simply didn't read the 3rd editions ones as closely, since by then I had moved to the 'lower 48', as we say. [/QUOTE]

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