Favourite D&D Ruleset

[BryonD]

I predict that if you rerun this poll in 48 months then 4th edition will win easily.

I predict that 4 years from now the new shiny will be an ancient memory and a lot fewer people will vote in the poll.

 

[Steely Dan]

4th (mechanics, style) has replaced AD&D 2nd Edition (style only).

I find 4th Ed is making me want to run a Basic or 1st Ed campaign (first time in 14 years), alongside my 4th Ed.

2nd Ed did have wonderful campaign settings and modules, though, IMO.

 

[Inferno!]

I'm going to go a bit out on a limb and say 2nd Edition Skills & Powers, mainly beccause I like disadvantages and the "Design your own race" feel it had.

I agree (as I duck the incoming barrage of rotten fruits & vegetables) . 2e seems to be the ugly step-child of D&D, but I had more fun playing and running it than any other edition.

 

[Steely Dan]

2e seems to be the ugly step-child of D&D, but I had more fun playing and running it than any other edition.

I too played more of 2nd Ed than any other edition (and had a blast), but it just became too much of a Frankenstein's monster at one point (what also happened with 3rd, in my experience).

 

[TerraDave]

For a "rules-set": 4E

For inspiration: Lots of stuff published before 1986-1987.

2E and 3E, as much as I enjoyed them, do fall in between. (Though if we dragged the OGL into this, then things get more complicated).

 

[howandwhy99]

Looks like OD&D is winning again.

Right up there in first.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

2E for me, really hit it's peak not long before 3E, when we did things like flipped some of the scores so roll-high was always good, and incorporated a bit, but not much, of Skills & Powers.

I think 4E has the potential to be as fun, but we didn't really enjoy 3E/3.5E as much (too much planning in character design, too many magic items "needed" etc.).

 

[Wombat]

My favourite itteration was 3.Wombat, where, after three years of houseruling, I finally got the rules into a shape I was happy to live with, even if it was not my all-time favourite game.

 

[Agamon]

4E, then BECMI (RC). Then something not D&D.