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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 5133535" data-attributes="member: 80487">I know there are many people as firmly attached to 2E as others are to other editions, but my impression is that more people find themselves more satisfied with "basically" Basic or 1E or 3E -- with particularly favored bits and pieces from the 2E line mixed in.For my part, OSRIC delivers what I like about 2E: clarity and ease of reference, from the writing and organization to the layout. (I also much prefer the graphic design of 4E to that of 3E.) Even rules have in some cases had gaps filled or been streamlined. That goes beyond what I expected from early statements of intent to preserve fidelity right down to ambiguity -- but I am not complaining!Keeping a wide berth of potential legal issues necessitated some changes. Others reflected what Mr. Gygax himself in later years said about what he would have changed in hindsight (but not so much the expanded Second Edition that he had in mind).Most of all, though, I see a lot of love of the game, respect and wisdom. It's a conservative edition, certainly -- but, in the event, not purely "preservationist". It's not a mere replica of an archaic museum piece, but rather an artifact of a living game culture.WotC had, and passed up, its opportunity to do that. I doubt that it would do it enough better to take the place not only of OSRIC, but of the other "retro-clones".  (Labyrinth Lord, for instance, has a companion volume aimed at emulating a mixed Basic/ Advanced approach that seems to have remained pretty popular since "back in the day".)</blockquote>

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