D&D General How Long Did You Play the Different Editions of D&D? (+)
Swarmkeeper
Hero
B/E 1983-1986
1e 1985-1992
5e 2015-present
1e 1985-1992
5e 2015-present
- 0E: Finally, played a few sessions in 2018(?)
- Holmes Basic: Christmas 1979- circa February 1980
- 1e: 1980-1989 (primarily 1980-1985)
- 2e: 1989-2000 (primarily 1991-1996) At some, point in the mid to late 90's, my main group switched to our 2e campaign to Fantasy Hero (short-lived) GURPS and then Rolemaster. However, I still participated in a few AD&D 2e games until 2000
- 3e: 2000-2007: Played a couple of sessions. In 2004, upon the release of Unearthed Arcana), I switched the campaign that started in 2e from Rolemaster to 3e. Then, I ran another short campaign. Eventually, switched to a short urban fantasy/Men in Black Savage Worlds campaign followed by a 7+ year Mutants & Masterminds campaign. Have not since run/played D&D despite owning the quickstart, PHB2, and Martial Power for 4e and, for 5e, the online Basic set and several third party supplements (free and paid).
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B/X and 1e 1986 to 1990
2e - 1990 to 2001, didn’t want to switch to 3e initially but did
3e -2001 to 2009
Pathfinder - 2009 to 2015
5e 2015 to current.
2e - 1990 to 2001, didn’t want to switch to 3e initially but did
3e -2001 to 2009
Pathfinder - 2009 to 2015
5e 2015 to current.
Orius
Legend
First played in 1993.
D&D 1993-1994. Used the Black Box for about six months until I got the 2e PHB. No more RC at that point.
2e 1994-2000. At first it was just PHB supplemented by D&D until I picked up the other core books and then expanded my collection. Ran and played a few different campaigns until June 2000.
3e 2000-2004. Ran online games at this point. Eventually, the campaigns fell apart and IIRC, I had problems with one of the services I was using. The 3.5 switch didn't help here either, but it really wasn't much of a factor in the game falling apart if at all. There was also the pbp game I tried running here around 2010, but that fell right apart on me as I didn't have a good feel for running a pbp game.
2e 2014-2015; 2018. Ran a campaign for my sister and her kids, the RL stuff kept disrupting things. I went with 2e because I had published adventures for it and I didn't want to put a lot of work into campaign building if her kids didn't like it. Played about three sessions of 5e here because my younger niece wanted to DM but I think she got something of a rude awakening when she found out what things were like on the other side of the screen.
D&D 1993-1994. Used the Black Box for about six months until I got the 2e PHB. No more RC at that point.
2e 1994-2000. At first it was just PHB supplemented by D&D until I picked up the other core books and then expanded my collection. Ran and played a few different campaigns until June 2000.
3e 2000-2004. Ran online games at this point. Eventually, the campaigns fell apart and IIRC, I had problems with one of the services I was using. The 3.5 switch didn't help here either, but it really wasn't much of a factor in the game falling apart if at all. There was also the pbp game I tried running here around 2010, but that fell right apart on me as I didn't have a good feel for running a pbp game.
2e 2014-2015; 2018. Ran a campaign for my sister and her kids, the RL stuff kept disrupting things. I went with 2e because I had published adventures for it and I didn't want to put a lot of work into campaign building if her kids didn't like it. Played about three sessions of 5e here because my younger niece wanted to DM but I think she got something of a rude awakening when she found out what things were like on the other side of the screen.
Lycurgon
Adventurer
1981 - 1983 Basic.
1984 - 1989 1e AD&D
1989 - 1994 a mix of 1e and 2e - sometimes one or the other, sometimes a mix of both.
2000 - 2003 3e
2003 - 2010 3.5
2010 - 2012 4e
2014 - Present 5e
Gaps were filled with playing a variety of other Non D&D games. A lot WOD in the later 90s, but also other games sprinkled along the way.
1984 - 1989 1e AD&D
1989 - 1994 a mix of 1e and 2e - sometimes one or the other, sometimes a mix of both.
2000 - 2003 3e
2003 - 2010 3.5
2010 - 2012 4e
2014 - Present 5e
Gaps were filled with playing a variety of other Non D&D games. A lot WOD in the later 90s, but also other games sprinkled along the way.
AtomicPope
Hero
BECMI: 84-85 (Not a full year. Started with 1e but got the Red Box and played that for the summer)
1e: 85-94 - The Golden Era of D&D for me.
2e: Never fully played it. Used 2e splats and core but kept Unearthed Arcana and a lot of 1e.
3e: 00-14 (Around the last five years were Pathfinder and 3e games).
4e: 07-12 (Wished I could have played longer but my work scheduled changed and I lost my Saturday group after 7 years of playing together)
5e: Playtest to Present (I miss playing the drunk Wizard)
1e: 85-94 - The Golden Era of D&D for me.
2e: Never fully played it. Used 2e splats and core but kept Unearthed Arcana and a lot of 1e.
3e: 00-14 (Around the last five years were Pathfinder and 3e games).
4e: 07-12 (Wished I could have played longer but my work scheduled changed and I lost my Saturday group after 7 years of playing together)
5e: Playtest to Present (I miss playing the drunk Wizard)
BECMI: 1984? - 1987? or thereabouts
1e: 1987 - 1990
2e: 1991 - 1994
Nothing: 1995 - 2001
3e: 2001 - 2009 (we switched to Pathfinder when it came out)
4e: Never played
5e: 2021 - 2021 Played one campaign, that has now ended, but I'm open to playing another one
So it looks like 3rd edition brought me back to role-playing, but in fact I never left; what changed in 2001 was actually having a group to play with!
1e: 1987 - 1990
2e: 1991 - 1994
Nothing: 1995 - 2001
3e: 2001 - 2009 (we switched to Pathfinder when it came out)
4e: Never played
5e: 2021 - 2021 Played one campaign, that has now ended, but I'm open to playing another one
So it looks like 3rd edition brought me back to role-playing, but in fact I never left; what changed in 2001 was actually having a group to play with!
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