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<blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 6013282" data-attributes="member: 6680772">Absolutely.&nbsp; I'm not saying that 1e and 2e caused the same kind of vitrolic debating as, say, 2e and 3e, or 3e and 4e, or 4e and 5e.&nbsp; The rules were so much alike that a great many, probably the majority of folks made the switch with no problem.&nbsp; Or, even if they didn't go out and buy new 2e books, still availed themselves of 2e modules and/or settings.But still, there were holdouts.&nbsp; Still some people were unhappy, for any number reasons.&nbsp; You can still see this today on boards and blogs dedicated to TSR D&amp;D.&nbsp; There are no 3e/4e edition wars on Dragonsfoot; 3e actually remains a banned topic.&nbsp; But 1e and 2e each have their own separate forums, and big flame wars requiring locked threads have come up when the subject of 1e vs 2e comes up.&nbsp; And IMO, 2e is probably as light a change from 1e as is possible in a game of AD&amp;D's size.&nbsp; If the only real changes between editions is presentation, people will draw lines in the sand over presentation.&nbsp; If the rules aren't all that different, people argue about the feel, the tone, the artwork.&nbsp; It's basic in-group/out-group dynamics.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iosue, post: 6013282, member: 6680772"] Absolutely. I'm not saying that 1e and 2e caused the same kind of vitrolic debating as, say, 2e and 3e, or 3e and 4e, or 4e and 5e. The rules were so much alike that a great many, probably the majority of folks made the switch with no problem. Or, even if they didn't go out and buy new 2e books, still availed themselves of 2e modules and/or settings. But still, there were holdouts. Still some people were unhappy, for any number reasons. You can still see this today on boards and blogs dedicated to TSR D&D. There are no 3e/4e edition wars on Dragonsfoot; 3e actually remains a banned topic. But 1e and 2e each have their own separate forums, and big flame wars requiring locked threads have come up when the subject of 1e vs 2e comes up. And IMO, 2e is probably as light a change from 1e as is possible in a game of AD&D's size. If the only real changes between editions is presentation, people will draw lines in the sand over presentation. If the rules aren't all that different, people argue about the feel, the tone, the artwork. It's basic in-group/out-group dynamics. [/QUOTE]

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