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Are our tastes set?
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Jahydin
Hero
Just watched an interesting video from Rick Beato where he talks about "Fluid vs Crystalized" intelligence and how it relates to musicians.
Might have something to do with why we gravitate towards systems we already know?
Might have something to do with why we gravitate towards systems we already know?
I started with 2e, played many other systems after it, and currently run a lot of 5e.
If I had my choice for forever-game, I'd be running Dungeon Crawl Classics. 5e is too high-powered, high-fantasy for my tastes. I eventually discovered that I really like Sword & Sorcery, which DCC does much better than 5e or even 2e. 2e... I love it a lot, but I don't know it well enough now to compare it to 5e properly. I never ran much 2e, maybe half a dozen sessions, many years ago- I played it for years though!
If I had my choice for forever-game, I'd be running Dungeon Crawl Classics. 5e is too high-powered, high-fantasy for my tastes. I eventually discovered that I really like Sword & Sorcery, which DCC does much better than 5e or even 2e. 2e... I love it a lot, but I don't know it well enough now to compare it to 5e properly. I never ran much 2e, maybe half a dozen sessions, many years ago- I played it for years though!
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jdrakeh
Front Range Warlock
If I could only choose one D&D, it would be Holmes core rules (which is, indeed, the edition I first played) + class progression and monsters from AD&D 1e. Which is a bit of a cheat, but these rule books, as published were: Holmes first, then the AD&D 1e Monster Manual, then the AD&D 1e PHB. AD&D wasn't really complete until the DMG hit in 1979 (two years after Holmes and the MM, one year after the PHB).
A curious post. The title posits a question, and then the post itself assumes an answer to that question.
My tastes are not set. Outside of that I got over D&D and all its wonky premises and broken promises a while ago. I'd rather play revolve around player character goals and motivations than if I get a +1 in this or that particular tactical combat hit/damage roll, or GM-really-decides "role play" situation.
If I had to choose one version of D&D I had to play for the rest of my life (perhaps in some Greek underworld of torments), I suppose it would be 4e. (But of course in such a scenario I'd be given the worst possible DM for 4e, so I am trapped regardless!)
If D&D-adjacent/inspired games like Dungeon World or Stonetop count, well then any of those. I am having a blast in a Stonetop campaign right now playing The Ranger and he's actually a ranger, how 'bout that?
My tastes are not set. Outside of that I got over D&D and all its wonky premises and broken promises a while ago. I'd rather play revolve around player character goals and motivations than if I get a +1 in this or that particular tactical combat hit/damage roll, or GM-really-decides "role play" situation.
If I had to choose one version of D&D I had to play for the rest of my life (perhaps in some Greek underworld of torments), I suppose it would be 4e. (But of course in such a scenario I'd be given the worst possible DM for 4e, so I am trapped regardless!)
If D&D-adjacent/inspired games like Dungeon World or Stonetop count, well then any of those. I am having a blast in a Stonetop campaign right now playing The Ranger and he's actually a ranger, how 'bout that?
A three-way typology! I know this! (Just like I know UNIX. (That's a cultural movie reference, kids.))
Which one is the gamist, which one is the dramatist, and which is the simulationist?
