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<blockquote data-quote="RFisher" data-source="post: 3661105" data-attributes="member: 3608">I don't think you have to wonder. Just head over to DF's 1e forum &amp; drop the words &quot;Unearthed Arcana&quot; &amp; stand back. (^_^)My group was always cautious about what we used from UA, but we embraced 2e wholeheartedly. So, I suspect that--while we may have played a Gygax 2e--we would've grumbled about it more than we did 2e. Although in the end I felt 2e's changes never really delivered on their promises for us. Or for me at least.Yeah. I'd venture that many computer games are still closer to D&amp;D &amp; AD&amp;D than most role-playing games.The strange thing to me is how much some people's experience with computer games seem to have colored their memories of D&amp;D. Someone will tell me how computer RPGs have completely replaced pen &amp; paper RPGs for them. Upon further inquiry, I find they think of D&amp;D as being nothing more than what the computer games are. When I dig a bit further, however, they start to recall that their D&amp;D games were much more than the computer RPGs.It's like people forget that there has always been more to the game than the mechanics.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RFisher, post: 3661105, member: 3608"] I don't think you have to wonder. Just head over to DF's 1e forum & drop the words "Unearthed Arcana" & stand back. (^_^) My group was always cautious about what we used from UA, but we embraced 2e wholeheartedly. So, I suspect that--while we may have played a Gygax 2e--we would've grumbled about it more than we did 2e. Although in the end I felt 2e's changes never really delivered on their promises for us. Or for me at least. Yeah. I'd venture that many computer games are still closer to D&D & AD&D than most role-playing games. The strange thing to me is how much some people's experience with computer games seem to have colored their memories of D&D. Someone will tell me how computer RPGs have completely replaced pen & paper RPGs for them. Upon further inquiry, I find they think of D&D as being nothing more than what the computer games are. When I dig a bit further, however, they start to recall that their D&D games [i]were[/i] much more than the computer RPGs. It's like people forget that there has always been more to the game than the mechanics. [/QUOTE]

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