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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9128521" data-attributes="member: 7023840">The rules lawyers (originally called &quot;barracks lawyers&quot; or &quot;barracks room lawyers&quot;) seems to date from the beginning of the game, and was also a feature in wargaming. In fact, the DMG mentions them-It is the spirit of the game, not the letter of the rules, which is important. Never hold to the letter written, nor allow some barracks room lawyer to force quotations from the rule book upon you. 1e DMG 230.While overpowered characters certainly existed early on, see, e.g., Gods Demigods and Heroes (1976), this was considered an effect of &quot;Monty Haul&quot; DMs (then called Monty Hall DMs) and not optimization.Min/maxers didn't really become a thing until after the &quot;Egbert Explosion&quot; and was generally thought of as a side-effect of the growing popularity of the game with the younger crowd. This led to the term, and debates over, munchkins in the early 80s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9128521, member: 7023840"] The rules lawyers (originally called "barracks lawyers" or "barracks room lawyers") seems to date from the beginning of the game, and was also a feature in wargaming. In fact, the DMG mentions them- [I]It is the spirit of the game, not the letter of the rules, which is important. Never hold to the letter written, nor allow some barracks room lawyer to force quotations from the rule book upon you. [/I] 1e DMG 230. While overpowered characters certainly existed early on, [I]see, e.g., Gods Demigods and Heroes[/I] (1976), this was considered an effect of "Monty Haul" DMs (then called Monty Hall DMs) and not optimization. Min/maxers didn't really become a thing until after the "Egbert Explosion" and was generally thought of as a side-effect of the growing popularity of the game with the younger crowd. This led to the term, and debates over, munchkins in the early 80s. [/QUOTE]

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