D&D General How well does mixing 5es in one table work?

[darjr]

Yeah, this kind of mixing is probably the norm in OSR games, whether it's something as simple as running a BD&D adventure under AD&D or just grabbing cool content from all over and throwing it in the stew pot together. It very rarely is a meaningful problem.

I can see where folks might have an issue with a game that’s meant to be a tight or tighter ruleset. Especially when balance is very important to the kids of games folks want to run. Or they’d rather lean heavily on the tuning of a system.

Still even the tightest games have issues that mixed up mashed up looser games have. Optimization and trap choices and balance issues and inherent slogs or boring gameplay if things are off.

I think the answer is still the same if maybe in different degrees. Figure out where you can adjust during prep, character play and advancement and rewards, and live at the table. In ways that suite your game style.

Just musing to myself mostly.