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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 6174727" data-attributes="member: 1879">D&D is not and never really has been a monlithic system. Even when it was only Chainmail as soon as you has two tables you had two sets of house rules. The OSR started, to my recollection, with 4e. Yes some people had ALWAYS been playing BECMI or 1e or 2e, but the end of 3e made it clear that it might be time to try something else, and 4e was just not everybodys cup of tea. So a lot of people, disenchanted with what was supposed to be the way 'forward', looked back instead. The numbers grew.And with some time and distance the spectre of badwrongfun faded and people could realize my imaginary murder puppet is not better than your imaginary murder puppet. However gamers like conflict. That's why we have imaginary murder puppets. We like argueing, we like finding flaws in other peoples arguments, just like we like finding flaws in the NPCs plans and ruining their day. So yes, we like to discuss what's best, but this at least is a civil board, that's why it's still around. And just for some perspective, last night my college gaming club met and a new girl was saying how much she loves old school D&D. She meant 3.5. When I laughed I had to explain that I had dice that were coloured with the crayon that came included in the red box for that very purpose.</blockquote>