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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RFisher" data-source="post: 2983015" data-attributes="member: 3608">It took me a lot of time reading things at Dragonsfoot, Rob's Kuntz's forums, & various other places, examining my own experiences, & re-reading the old rules to answer that question myself. I don't think I could distill it all into a brief answer.(As the quantity of words I've spewed on my website about the merits of classic D&D demonstrates. (^_^))Although, trying to understand its appeal is itself a reason for playing the old game. Even if--or especially if--you'd played the game before but haven't in years. But that can sometimes only have the effect of reinforcing your criticisms rather than giving you new insights.For me, a lot of answering that question may have come down to this: I know people enjoyed this game. I know there are people who know & have tried the alternatives who still find this game more compelling. So, let me read it again & figure out how I can interpret it so that it is compelling.MonsterMash, you may want to look at <a href="http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10192" target="_blank">the Gygax OD&D 2005 thread</a> at DF if you haven't.</blockquote>