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I've DMed 4e and I PREFER DMing: A poll
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<blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 4806449" data-attributes="member: 317"><p>I've DMed every version of D&D over the years, and at the time we played them, we had fun with them all. That said, I overwhelmingly prefer to DM 4e over any other edition. For us, the combat is better than any other edition, AND the roleplaying is better because the whole game is more freeform. 4e IS just that good.</p><p></p><p>I've gone back since the release of 4e and run two one-shot games, one in 1e AD&D (6 sessions), and one in 2e AD&D (2 sessions). We had a great time with both of them, and it brought back some great memories. 1e and 2e are very similar to 4e in their design goals and overall feel in play (in fact, we played Keep on the Shadowfell in 1e just to see how it compared to 4e...and they play very similarly). After getting the 4e Village of Hommlet for the rewards program, I'm going back and converting the Temple of Elemental Evil to 4e- its going to be a blast to play! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>The only version of D&D I'd never DM again is 3e. Way too many rules and too much prep time for almost no payoff IMO to justify all that work. I have said in the past that I might play a 3e game again at some point, but now that I am involved in a bi-weekly 3e game after a three-year absence from 3e, I find I'm not enjoying it much at all. It feels like taking a step back to something more primitive and less fulfilling to play compared to 4e (or even 1e/2e AD&D), and I don't play D&D to be an accountant or for the metagame of character building. I'll stay in the game for now because the DM is a nice guy and a friend, but I think 3e is beginning to crush his enthusiasm under its sheer rules bulk (and we're only using the PHB, MM series, DMG, magic item compendium, and spell compendium).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gothmog, post: 4806449, member: 317"] I've DMed every version of D&D over the years, and at the time we played them, we had fun with them all. That said, I overwhelmingly prefer to DM 4e over any other edition. For us, the combat is better than any other edition, AND the roleplaying is better because the whole game is more freeform. 4e IS just that good. I've gone back since the release of 4e and run two one-shot games, one in 1e AD&D (6 sessions), and one in 2e AD&D (2 sessions). We had a great time with both of them, and it brought back some great memories. 1e and 2e are very similar to 4e in their design goals and overall feel in play (in fact, we played Keep on the Shadowfell in 1e just to see how it compared to 4e...and they play very similarly). After getting the 4e Village of Hommlet for the rewards program, I'm going back and converting the Temple of Elemental Evil to 4e- its going to be a blast to play! :D The only version of D&D I'd never DM again is 3e. Way too many rules and too much prep time for almost no payoff IMO to justify all that work. I have said in the past that I might play a 3e game again at some point, but now that I am involved in a bi-weekly 3e game after a three-year absence from 3e, I find I'm not enjoying it much at all. It feels like taking a step back to something more primitive and less fulfilling to play compared to 4e (or even 1e/2e AD&D), and I don't play D&D to be an accountant or for the metagame of character building. I'll stay in the game for now because the DM is a nice guy and a friend, but I think 3e is beginning to crush his enthusiasm under its sheer rules bulk (and we're only using the PHB, MM series, DMG, magic item compendium, and spell compendium). [/QUOTE]
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