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<blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 2886816" data-attributes="member: 20854"><p>Kill it? Nah. There are lots of people who like all the defined options and bells and whistles of 3E. </p><p></p><p>However, I agree that 3E is definitely a <em>different</em> game in the way it plays and feels. There are a lot of people who prefer the older editions. I know I've been enjoying some other systems, including classic D&D, recently. It's been a refreshing change. There's no reason to put-down 3E, though; it's a well-designed game that is good at what it does, IMO.</p><p></p><p>If you're getting 3E fatigue, there are lots of other systems out there, not the least of which are the earlier editions of D&D. There's a surprisingly big following for the older editions. Check out <a href="http://www.dragonsfoot.org" target="_blank">Dragonsfoot</a>, for starters. There're also newer games (often OGL) that mimic older editions and capture a lot of their feel. One of the more popular is <a href="http://www.trolllord.com/" target="_blank">Troll Lord's</a> Castles & Crusades, which feels a lot like AD&D, to me. There's also <a href="http://basicfantasy.newcenturycomputers.net/main.html" target="_blank">Basic Fantasy</a>, which is very similar to classic D&D, and is free. Pied Piper Publishing is putting out modules that can be used with older editions (or C&C). Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz are writing modules and supplements for C&C (e.g. Castle Zagyg). There's an upcoming SRD-like document for old school rules called <a href="http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18307" target="_blank">OSRIC</a>.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, there's lots of activity (nothing like the activity around 3E, but still a surprisingly large and active community). Don't waste time bashing d20; just start checking out some other options. There's room for more than one system in the gaming world. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Lastly, yes, I remember; I started in 1978.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Philotomy Jurament, post: 2886816, member: 20854"] Kill it? Nah. There are lots of people who like all the defined options and bells and whistles of 3E. However, I agree that 3E is definitely a [i]different[/i] game in the way it plays and feels. There are a lot of people who prefer the older editions. I know I've been enjoying some other systems, including classic D&D, recently. It's been a refreshing change. There's no reason to put-down 3E, though; it's a well-designed game that is good at what it does, IMO. If you're getting 3E fatigue, there are lots of other systems out there, not the least of which are the earlier editions of D&D. There's a surprisingly big following for the older editions. Check out [url=http://www.dragonsfoot.org]Dragonsfoot[/url], for starters. There're also newer games (often OGL) that mimic older editions and capture a lot of their feel. One of the more popular is [url=http://www.trolllord.com/]Troll Lord's[/url] Castles & Crusades, which feels a lot like AD&D, to me. There's also [url=http://basicfantasy.newcenturycomputers.net/main.html]Basic Fantasy[/url], which is very similar to classic D&D, and is free. Pied Piper Publishing is putting out modules that can be used with older editions (or C&C). Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz are writing modules and supplements for C&C (e.g. Castle Zagyg). There's an upcoming SRD-like document for old school rules called [url=http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18307]OSRIC[/url]. Anyway, there's lots of activity (nothing like the activity around 3E, but still a surprisingly large and active community). Don't waste time bashing d20; just start checking out some other options. There's room for more than one system in the gaming world. :) Lastly, yes, I remember; I started in 1978. [/QUOTE]
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