Giving Old Skool one last shot before calling it quits.

[RFisher]

I've looked at C&C and it really doesn't do anything that I can't do with my 1E books. it isn't that its bad, it's that it is, at best, superfluous.

Here’s the thing about C&C, though: Sometimes players will accept it where they’re more resistant to older editions of D&D. C&C is sparse enough, however, that you can pretty much actually be running classic D&D or AD&D under the name C&C. A few house rules introduced without mentioning (A)D&D, and you can get it even closer. ^_^

But to me, it invariably serves as a reminder that old school gaming is not what I'm looking for.

I looked at classic D&D and AD&D a lot after 3e came out, and I felt the same way. Because I was looking at them the same way I looked at them when I last played them. It was when I discovered how others (the DF crowd) looked at the game (and, I think, rediscovering how I had approached it in the beginning) that made me appreciate the older games beyond nostalgia.

I am not saying or suggesting this applies to you, Orryn. I’m just relating my own experience.

I've tried playing 1e recently. Found that 3e and the additional character building choices (particularly skills and feats) spoiled me. Whenever I leveled up, I couldn't shake the feeling "That's it? That's all there is?"

Heh. I think when I ran classic D&D recently, the players said pretty much the same thing, but with exclamation marks instead of question marks.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

This seems apropos:
Quick Primer for Old School Gaming