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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RFisher" data-source="post: 3508286" data-attributes="member: 3608">That's part of it. After all, the game (just like poker or Monopoly or Magic the Gathering) is really just an excuse to hang out with friends.Still, I've seldom known a RPGamer to choose not to participate in an RPG because of the system. Because of the people? Sure. But, IME, different RPGs with the same group tend to not be that different.On the other hand, I've definately known people to bow out of other kinds of games. We only play munchkin when one player isn't around because the "everybody else gang up on you" aspect bothers him. A have a friend who can't stand Kingmaker. I've never known either of them to turn down an opportunity to play an RPG, though.I think answering the question "Why do you prefer X?" can be very difficult to answer because the answer depends upon the questioner. If I list 100 reasons that I prefer classic D&D to 3e, I may still not have hit upon one that really means anything to you.It might be easier to list the things you don't like about oD&D & let diaglo tell you why they aren't a problem for him. If he were up to that.Anyway, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/archive/index.php/t-59301.html" target="_blank">here's</a> one of his previous attempts:</blockquote>