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<blockquote data-quote="jrients" data-source="post: 1251852" data-attributes="member: 13559">Don't hold back, Ranes.&nbsp; Tell us what you really think.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />But seriously, some of us didn't come to 3e &quot;through&quot; OD&amp;D/Basic/whatever.&nbsp; You make it sound like we all grew up and now of course play 3e in preference to other versions. Some of us think that OD&amp;D is still just as valid a way to play as the crunch-crunch-crunch so in vogue right now.&nbsp; Otherwise Troll Lords would not be working on C&amp;C.&nbsp; Otherwise D&amp;D Rules Cyclopedia would be collecting dust in bargin bins.And D&amp;D is a less accessible game then it was when I got started.&nbsp; I was a 10-year-old kid with the '81 Basic Set who didn't know anyone who could teach him how to play.&nbsp; I spent a whole summer trying to absorb Tom Moldvay's masterful version of D&amp;D before I even ran a game.&nbsp; How long would that have taken with three core books each several times longer than the basic rules?&nbsp; Would I have even tried?&nbsp; Would I have shelled out the extra money?The hobby needs more Basic sets of all sorts, in my opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jrients, post: 1251852, member: 13559"] Don't hold back, Ranes. Tell us what you really think. ;) But seriously, some of us didn't come to 3e "through" OD&D/Basic/whatever. You make it sound like we all grew up and now [I]of course[/I] play 3e in preference to other versions. Some of us think that OD&D is still just as valid a way to play as the crunch-crunch-crunch so in vogue right now. Otherwise Troll Lords would not be working on C&C. Otherwise D&D Rules Cyclopedia would be collecting dust in bargin bins. And D&D is a less accessible game then it was when I got started. I was a 10-year-old kid with the '81 Basic Set who didn't know anyone who could teach him how to play. I spent a whole summer trying to absorb Tom Moldvay's masterful version of D&D before I even ran a game. How long would that have taken with three core books each several times longer than the basic rules? Would I have even tried? Would I have shelled out the extra money? The hobby needs more Basic sets of all sorts, in my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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