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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3692523" data-attributes="member: 19675">Looking at this, I see 2 keys:andYou made the first error- you shouldn't have let him play in the 3.5 game if he wasn't willing to learn the 3.5 rules.&nbsp; Like 3 people playing Monopoly while (simultaneously on the same board) one player is using Pachisi rules, this was destined to cause problems.&nbsp; The resultant friction has caused the latter feeling to arise in you (and possibly the other players as well).I'd try to talk this one out, but be clear and adamant- to play in your current campaign requires a working knowlege of 3.5 D&amp;D.If you can't sit down with this guy and get him to play the game by the rules, don't let him play.&nbsp; If you still otherwise enjoy this person's company, find some other social activity you can share...even if its a 2Ed game run by him or someone else.I'm speaking from experience, BTW.&nbsp; I've got a buddy I've gamed with since 1984 or so.&nbsp; It took him a few years to try 3.0, and he still won't play any RPG but D&amp;D...not even the mechanically similar D20 Modern Fantasy or another classic FRPG will gain his approval.&nbsp; As a result, I (and other GMs in the current game group) have to decide whether an RPG campaign idea I'd like to run is a D&amp;D idea or not because that decision will perforce include or exclude him.I'd rather have him at the table than not, but he's an adult.&nbsp; He can choose to join us or not, and if not, engage in something else he enjoys, like poker or hanging out with his baby boy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 3692523, member: 19675"] Looking at this, I see 2 keys: and [B]You [/B]made the first error- you shouldn't have let him play in the 3.5 game if he wasn't willing to learn the 3.5 rules. Like 3 people playing Monopoly while (simultaneously on the same board) one player is using Pachisi rules, this was destined to cause problems. The resultant friction has caused the latter feeling to arise in you (and possibly the other players as well). I'd try to talk this one out, but be clear and adamant- to play in your current campaign requires a working knowlege of 3.5 D&D. If you can't sit down with this guy and get him to play the game by the rules, don't let him play. If you still otherwise enjoy this person's company, find some other social activity you can share...even if its a 2Ed game run by him or someone else. I'm speaking from experience, BTW. I've got a buddy I've gamed with since 1984 or so. It took him a few years to try 3.0, and he still won't play any RPG but D&D...not even the mechanically similar D20 Modern Fantasy or another classic FRPG will gain his approval. As a result, I (and other GMs in the current game group) have to decide whether an RPG campaign idea I'd like to run is a D&D idea or not because that decision will perforce include or exclude him. I'd rather have him at the table than not, but he's an adult. He can choose to join us or not, and if not, engage in something else he enjoys, like poker or hanging out with his baby boy. [/QUOTE]

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