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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 7960076" data-attributes="member: 957">I liked it a lot.&nbsp; One of the main things I recall liking about was growth of fully realized worlds.&nbsp; Certainly Greyhawk was just one big name of the various early D&amp;D settings.&nbsp; And no knock against them.&nbsp; But it was during the 2E era that I started really feeling like a campaign setting was immense with many living elements that would carry on without regard to the PCs unless the PCs choose to get involved.&nbsp; The system was really just a tweaking of what was, at first, the only system I had every really played.&nbsp; It was fine.&nbsp; At first it was more than fine, because it was &quot;the game&quot;.&nbsp; But I remember running GURPS as early as 1990 and running an AD&amp;D 2E game in 1993 and wishing the group would try something else.&nbsp; The industry &quot;woke up&quot; during this time and while D&amp;D grew very well as a narrative platform, the mechanics were stuck one step back down the evolution path.&nbsp; It was still fun.&nbsp; You could tell great stories and roll dice, cheer at 20s and moan over 1s.&nbsp; It worked.But I don't want to play it now.But I still gave it the highest rating here because that is still true. I just like newer stuff even more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 7960076, member: 957"] I liked it a lot. One of the main things I recall liking about was growth of fully realized worlds. Certainly Greyhawk was just one big name of the various early D&D settings. And no knock against them. But it was during the 2E era that I started really feeling like a campaign setting was immense with many living elements that would carry on without regard to the PCs unless the PCs choose to get involved. The system was really just a tweaking of what was, at first, the only system I had every really played. It was fine. At first it was more than fine, because it was "the game". But I remember running GURPS as early as 1990 and running an AD&D 2E game in 1993 and wishing the group would try something else. The industry "woke up" during this time and while D&D grew very well as a narrative platform, the mechanics were stuck one step back down the evolution path. It was still fun. You could tell great stories and roll dice, cheer at 20s and moan over 1s. It worked. But I don't want to play it now. But I still gave it the highest rating here because that is still true. I just like newer stuff even more. [/QUOTE]

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