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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doctor Futurity" data-source="post: 9395132" data-attributes="member: 10738">I started with Gamma World, then B/X D&D for all of about three months before I snagged the AD&D 1E books. Despite those being the early years, I spent more time in middle and high school with Tunnels & Trolls, Runequest, Dragonquest  and other games until college when I picked up AD&D 2nd edition. It became my go-to from 1989 all the way to the arrival of 3E. When 3E came out I was both a bit miffed at its different focus and feel and the dungeonpunk aesthetic, and also grudgingly conceded it "fixed" most of the vast catalog of issues I had with AD&D 2E. As a result, when I think of the edition I'd go back to I tend to think of D&D 3E/3.5 for that reason. That said....I burned out pretty hard on it after a long stint with Pathfinder 1E, but it took me a long time to then warm up to 5E and really grow to appreciate it's concession towards simplicity. And I didn't mention 4E, not for lack of enjoying it (I loved playing it) but because despite that I could never reconcile its highly specific play focus with the fact that I could no longer just "tell stories" with it like I could before (I never used maps and minis with D&D until 3.5 made them "very handy to have" so 4E's absolute requirement was a tough sell for my style of play even though the tactical bits were very fun) and that ultimately killed that edition for me.So yeah, if I had to go back to an edition I'd probably do 3E/3.5 but I feel no compunction to do so, as 5E accomplishes 90% of what I need from a D&D type of game right now.</blockquote>

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