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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tyler Do'Urden" data-source="post: 1789537" data-attributes="member: 4601">I'm going to disagree with you here, Akrasia (not about Dragonquest, since I'm not familiar with the game, but about 2nd edition).2nd Edition AD&D was the second roleplaying game I ever ran or played a serious campaign in, back in '97, when I was a sophomore in high school.  I remember borrowing the books from a friend who wanted me to DM- he lent me the three core books, Player's Option: High Level Campaigns, and the Complete Fighter's Handbook.  I remember cracking open those books, which smelled of incense and leather from being stored in my friend's briefcase.  I remember the illustrations, the fonts, the writing- it didn't feel slick or videogamy, it seemed like what a role playing game should be.I remember running my first adventure, watching the party battle drow knights riding nightmares- at first level.  And winning.I remember playing my first planescape campaign.  My drow fighter/necromancer, Telyuran Settenthis, a member of the fated, and how he traveled the planes with a Chitine, a Tiefling, and a human Paladin, fighting tanar'ri and myconids and messing in the affairs of evil wizards.  Never mind the fact that my DM was horrible- the game was still fun.I remember getting my hands on Player's Option: Spells and Magic and Player's Option: Skills and Powers.  And who can forget the Complete Paladin, Complete Bard, or Complete Book of Elves? (though I know there are plenty who would like to forget Mein Alf , I was a fan.  Alongside the Berserker-Paladins with 18/98 Strength and the 2nd edition Psions, a Bladesinger or Windrider was positively tame by comparison)  Many of the modules that I ran were a blast- Feast of Goblyns, Return to the Tomb of Horrors, The Deva Spark, Hellbound: The Blood War... despite the "railroading" of some of them, we had a great time.  I remember the first time I cracked open the copy of the Taladas boxed set that I picked up down at the used book store... oh, the mysteries...2nd edition didn't strike me as slick... 3e does, but hey, it happens.  I've hated the "look and feel" and the "dungeonpunk" art of 3e ever since it came out, but the mechanics of the game work sooo much better.  If I could just get the "feel" of 2nd edition back again, with the rules of 3e...Yet, at the same time, 3e will generate lots of nostalgia, in it's time.  For many a high school student, they'll be initiated into the mysteries the same way I was- a friend will pull out the books one day, and that will be that.  Many a college student will be invited to a game by a friend, and quickly grow hooked.  You never forget your first.</blockquote>

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