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<blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 6133975" data-attributes="member: 6680772">OD&amp;D is programming language and a list of batch programs.AD&amp;D is like a Unix system, run by referring to man pages. Clunky but powerful and highly hackable.D&amp;D is like a Linux system with a tutorial. Cleaned-up, shallower learning curve, and highly hackable.Retro-clones are like Linux distros. Cleaner presentation, nice pre-configured GUI, but still highly hackable.2nd Edition is Windows 3.x. New glossy presentation over essentially a hackable command line interface; disliked by many for being vulgar and unaesthetic, and yet extremely popular.4e is like a Mac OS. Extremely user-friendly interface and high performance, with high configurability of certain parameters. Hacking is possiblity, but not really a feature -- you need to know the system to do it right, and it voids your warranty. But really, if you're using this system it's because you like the high configurability and aren't really interested in hacking.I'm not so familiar with 3.x, but just based on what I've read... Even newer, glossier presentation, strongly imitates the competition, has high configurability and a certain degree of hackability, is extremely popular and yet hated by many for being buggier than hell. Windows 98?Setting heavy games like WEG Star Wars or Ghostbusters would be like game cartridges: plug and play.&nbsp; (Yes, I know I'm showing my age with &quot;game cartridges&quot;.)Now what would GURPS be...?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iosue, post: 6133975, member: 6680772"] OD&D is programming language and a list of batch programs. AD&D is like a Unix system, run by referring to man pages. Clunky but powerful and highly hackable. D&D is like a Linux system with a tutorial. Cleaned-up, shallower learning curve, and highly hackable. Retro-clones are like Linux distros. Cleaner presentation, nice pre-configured GUI, but still highly hackable. 2nd Edition is Windows 3.x. New glossy presentation over essentially a hackable command line interface; disliked by many for being vulgar and unaesthetic, and yet extremely popular. 4e is like a Mac OS. Extremely user-friendly interface and high performance, with high configurability of certain parameters. Hacking is possiblity, but not really a feature -- you need to know the system to do it right, and it voids your warranty. But really, if you're using this system it's because you like the high configurability and aren't really interested in hacking. I'm not so familiar with 3.x, but just based on what I've read... Even newer, glossier presentation, strongly imitates the competition, has high configurability and a certain degree of hackability, is extremely popular and yet hated by many for being buggier than hell. Windows 98? Setting heavy games like WEG Star Wars or Ghostbusters would be like game cartridges: plug and play. (Yes, I know I'm showing my age with "game cartridges".) Now what would GURPS be...? [/QUOTE]

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