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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9318295" data-attributes="member: 23751">I mean, there's nothing to get away with.&nbsp; The terminology is here to stay. It's never going away for D&amp;D or any other game.&nbsp; They can use it or not, but it will make no difference.ISBNs are as relevant to this as Elon Musk wanting to go to Mars is.&nbsp; Both editions and half editions are in fact a thing, and have been since at least 2e, if not earlier.&nbsp; And what is objective is the edition numbering.&nbsp; You cannot claim that 5e is not objectively 5e or that 3e is not objectively 3e.&nbsp; Since ISBNs are irrelevant and also unknown to probably 99% of those who play the game, there are only 5 editions of D&amp;D.&nbsp; They are numbered for your convenience.So this is meaningless.&nbsp; When I was a teenager I used to play Stratego.&nbsp; I decided one day to combine it with D&amp;D.&nbsp; Each piece had AC, HP and to hits based on the power of the piece in the game. Bombs exploded with enough damage to most likely kill any piece that hit it, except for 8's that had a chance to disarm them.&nbsp; I mixed them easily and without any serious issues whatsoever.&nbsp; According to the above, that makes Stratego an edition of D&amp;D.&nbsp; Except it is obviously not.It doesn't matter how easily you can mix the two or how often they were mixed.&nbsp; They were released concurrently which makes it impossible for the to be different editions of the game.&nbsp; Editions are sequential, not concurrent. They were the different games that Gygax claimed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9318295, member: 23751"] I mean, there's nothing to get away with. The terminology is here to stay. It's never going away for D&D or any other game. They can use it or not, but it will make no difference. ISBNs are as relevant to this as Elon Musk wanting to go to Mars is. Both editions and half editions are in fact a thing, and have been since at least 2e, if not earlier. And what is objective is the edition numbering. You cannot claim that 5e is not objectively 5e or that 3e is not objectively 3e. Since ISBNs are irrelevant and also unknown to probably 99% of those who play the game, there are only 5 editions of D&D. They are numbered for your convenience. So this is meaningless. When I was a teenager I used to play Stratego. I decided one day to combine it with D&D. Each piece had AC, HP and to hits based on the power of the piece in the game. Bombs exploded with enough damage to most likely kill any piece that hit it, except for 8's that had a chance to disarm them. I mixed them easily and without any serious issues whatsoever. According to the above, that makes Stratego an edition of D&D. Except it is obviously not. It doesn't matter how easily you can mix the two or how often they were mixed. They were released concurrently which makes it impossible for the to be different editions of the game. Editions are sequential, not concurrent. They were the different games that Gygax claimed. [/QUOTE]

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