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<blockquote data-quote="Sanguinemetaldawn" data-source="post: 3712278" data-attributes="member: 23390">Even this I don't really agree with.&nbsp; I'd say...OD&amp;D (1973-1977*) 4-6 yearsAD&amp;D / AD&amp;D 2nd edition (1978-1999) 21 yearsD&amp;D 3E (2001-2008) 8 yearsD&amp;D 4E (2008-?) TBDThe big difference being the 1st and 2nd Edition.&nbsp; The differences in edition were really minor. I think the test is conversion.&nbsp; That is: &quot;How feasable is conversion from one edition to the next?&quot;&nbsp; Converting characters between 1st and 2nd was very easy, and in some cases, literally effortless.&nbsp; There were issues created by the dropping of the 1/2 Orc, the assassin, and the cavalier.&nbsp; But one could easily bring those classes forward from first to second.Now try converting from 2nd to 3rd.&nbsp; Especially a dual/multiclass caster.&nbsp; It just plain doesn't work.&nbsp; There are some cases where it will work, but even then there are major changes in spell lists, the attribute system is very different, and so on.If you use the conversion test as a criteria for demarcating the era's, I think you will have a more meaningful result.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sanguinemetaldawn, post: 3712278, member: 23390"] Even this I don't really agree with. I'd say... OD&D (1973-1977*) 4-6 years AD&D / AD&D 2nd edition (1978-1999) 21 years D&D 3E (2001-2008) 8 years D&D 4E (2008-?) TBD The big difference being the 1st and 2nd Edition. The differences in edition were really minor. I think the test is conversion. That is: "How feasable is conversion from one edition to the next?" Converting characters between 1st and 2nd was very easy, and in some cases, literally effortless. There were issues created by the dropping of the 1/2 Orc, the assassin, and the cavalier. But one could easily bring those classes forward from first to second. Now try converting from 2nd to 3rd. Especially a dual/multiclass caster. It just plain doesn't work. There are some cases where it will work, but even then there are major changes in spell lists, the attribute system is very different, and so on. If you use the conversion test as a criteria for demarcating the era's, I think you will have a more meaningful result. [/QUOTE]

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