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<blockquote data-quote="RFisher" data-source="post: 3610206" data-attributes="member: 3608">&amp; look at Chainmail &amp; other products by the early TSR people. Their wargame work was just as disorganized as their RPG work. It wasn't a sign of the times, it was a sign of the creators.I think Gary (as the driving force behind the early-TSR as well as the author credited on the 1e books) didn't think playing strictly by-the-book was important enough to bother organizing things better. So what if there's a nitpicky little rule that got overlooked? So what if people played AD&amp;D more by the Basic Set rules they already knew that strictly by-the-book? He didn't play it strictly by-the-book, &amp; he didn't expect others to either. (Though he may have been surprised by just how far from the book some went.)But back to the better organized wargames: I always liked something about the x.y.z format that AH &amp; others used. (Even in some RPGs!) Sure, it seemed a bit exessive, but it was always nice to be able to cite rules by chapter:verse in discussion.&amp; it doesn't help that I so often chime in with my classic D&amp;D view. (&amp; that I perhaps have a tendency to be blind to classic D&amp;D beyond my favorite incarnation.) (^_^)I don't know, but I enjoy the conversations, &amp; I think my gaming (under any system) has been improved because of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RFisher, post: 3610206, member: 3608"] & look at Chainmail & other products by the early TSR people. Their wargame work was just as disorganized as their RPG work. It wasn't a sign of the times, it was a sign of the creators. I think Gary (as the driving force behind the early-TSR as well as the author credited on the 1e books) didn't think playing strictly by-the-book was important enough to bother organizing things better. So what if there's a nitpicky little rule that got overlooked? So what if people played AD&D more by the Basic Set rules they already knew that strictly by-the-book? He didn't play it strictly by-the-book, & he didn't expect others to either. (Though he may have been surprised by just how far from the book some went.) But back to the better organized wargames: I always liked something about the x.y.z format that AH & others used. (Even in some RPGs!) Sure, it seemed a bit exessive, but it was always nice to be able to cite rules by chapter:verse in discussion. & it doesn't help that I so often chime in with my classic D&D view. (& that I perhaps have a tendency to be blind to classic D&D beyond my favorite incarnation.) (^_^) I don't know, but I enjoy the conversations, & I think my gaming (under any system) has been improved because of them. [/QUOTE]

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