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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mamba" data-source="post: 9228190" data-attributes="member: 7034611">that works with evolution, but not with a design that has maintaining compatibility as its goal.To me the OP’s question is, could BX (or 1e) have survived, basically unaltered, until this day.If your question is whether we make essentially the same changes either with editions every 10 years, with slightly altered rulebooks every other year (same changes over 10 years, but in increments), or over a much longer timeframe, then that is a very different question.just like AD&D, this is not exactly new, but it does break compatibility somewhatdefinitely breaks compatibilityAs I said, the question was not could BX have gradually evolved into that, but could it have stayed basically the same and still get to 5e market share and player numbers today. To me the answer is ‘no’</blockquote>