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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8817034" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I remember there being a divide when 2E came out. I think the backwards compatibility and the fact that you often could still buy most of the 1E stuff easily at stores made it a little different. But there was a pretty big gulf stylistically between those two editions and in how they approached things like running the game. I knew lots of groups who wouldn't play 2E after (and I knew a lot of GMs who stuck with basic D&amp;D after 2E came out). Something to keep in mind too that is a little different in that era from now: there were effectively 3 editions available at that time. I don't know when they stopped printing the 1E books, but well into 2E I still remember being able to buy those and I remember players picking them up for inclusion in our 2E game. But there was also stuff like the Mentzer boxed set still widely available in major outlets (it was in book stores, toy stores etc) and there was the D&amp;D rules cyclopedia. So when I played with a new group, I'd often find myself playing 1E or basic D&amp;D using the rules Cyclopedia (and virtually everyone had the Mentzer boxed set).</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8817034, member: 85555"] I remember there being a divide when 2E came out. I think the backwards compatibility and the fact that you often could still buy most of the 1E stuff easily at stores made it a little different. But there was a pretty big gulf stylistically between those two editions and in how they approached things like running the game. I knew lots of groups who wouldn't play 2E after (and I knew a lot of GMs who stuck with basic D&D after 2E came out). Something to keep in mind too that is a little different in that era from now: there were effectively 3 editions available at that time. I don't know when they stopped printing the 1E books, but well into 2E I still remember being able to buy those and I remember players picking them up for inclusion in our 2E game. But there was also stuff like the Mentzer boxed set still widely available in major outlets (it was in book stores, toy stores etc) and there was the D&D rules cyclopedia. So when I played with a new group, I'd often find myself playing 1E or basic D&D using the rules Cyclopedia (and virtually everyone had the Mentzer boxed set). [/QUOTE]

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