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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 7974778" data-attributes="member: 50987">I turned 46 over the weekend, so yep.&nbsp; I can verify.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />To me, the most surprising thing about these survey results was the number of people who were still playing AD&amp;D 1E.&nbsp; I expected 3E and 4E to have the most current players, what with recency bias and whatnot.&nbsp; But even with fewer players, 1E it still shines even when taking age into consideration.To account for recency bias and measure the &quot;staying power&quot; of an edition here at EN World, we can multiply the age of the edition with the number of players currently playing it:Formula&lt;Edition&gt;:&nbsp; (years since its release) x (number of current players) = Staying PowerOD&amp;D: (46 years) x (1 players) = 46AD&amp;D 1E: (43 years) x (10 players) = 430Basic D&amp;D: (43 years) x (6 players) = 258B/X D&amp;D: (39 years) x (7 players) = 273BECMI: (37 years) x (7 players) = 259AD&amp;D 2E: (31 years) x (8 players) = 2483E: (20 years) x (18 players) = 3604E: (6 years) x (14 players) = 84I mean it's not even close; AD&amp;D 1E beats all of them easily.&nbsp; I was surprised to see that, and it honestly makes me want to give it a try and see what I missed (and what I'm still missing.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 7974778, member: 50987"] I turned 46 over the weekend, so yep. I can verify. :) To me, the most surprising thing about these survey results was the number of people who were still playing AD&D 1E. I expected 3E and 4E to have the most current players, what with recency bias and whatnot. But even with fewer players, 1E it still shines even when taking age into consideration. To account for recency bias and measure the "staying power" of an edition here at EN World, we can multiply the age of the edition with the number of players currently playing it: [B]Formula <Edition>: [/B](years since its release) x (number of current players) = Staying Power [B]OD&D: [/B](46 years) x (1 players) = 46 [B][COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]AD&D 1E:[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)] (43 years) x (10 players) = 430[/COLOR] [B]Basic D&D: [/B](43 years) x (6 players) = 258 [B]B/X D&D: [/B](39 years) x (7 players) = 273 [B]BECMI: [/B](37 years) x (7 players) = 259 [B]AD&D 2E: [/B](31 years) x (8 players) = 248 [B]3E: [/B](20 years) x (18 players) = 360 [B]4E:[/B] (6 years) x (14 players) = 84 I mean it's not even close; AD&D 1E beats all of them easily. I was surprised to see that, and it honestly makes me want to give it a try and see what I missed (and what I'm still missing.) [/QUOTE]

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