MERGED - "About Edition Wars" threads x9

[Diamond Cross]

When you really think about it, technically, 4th Edition is not truly 4th edition.

The first D&D game was the Gold Box edition.

Technically that would make it the First Edition.

If we actually compared the rules, could we actually say that AD&D 1e is actually advanced rules or are they just different rules?

So really, that would make 4e 6e.

 

[Nifft]

The guys who own the property get to decide what numbers go on it.

They could start selling 11.7e next week if they wanted. That would make no sense, but they could do it. And they would be right.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Chrono22]

Also, the PHB for 3.5 had some corrections and changes in later printings. Technically, that makes 3e at least 3 different editions.

@Nift: Sorry, dictionary definition trumps WotC pseudo-language. What an edition is, and what the word means cannot be copyrighted.

 

[LuckyAdrastus]

You know, I think this solves a lot of the nerdrage out there. If 4e isn't actually 4e, then Essentials cannot be 4.5 (that was, what? "2nd" ed Player's Options?), and the people out there eager to criticize 4e will have to start picking on some version from the late 80s / early 90s.

 

[fanboy2000]

New Game

I have an idea for a new game: Count how many editions of D&D there have been. Person with the highest number wins. Person with the lowest numbers gets second place.

I'll start.

1. White Box
2. BCMI
3. AD&D
4. AD&D 2e
5. D&D 3e
6. D&D 3.5
7. D&D 4e
8. D&D Essentials

That's 8.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

When you really think about it, technically, 4th Edition is not truly 4th edition.

The first D&D game was the Gold Box edition.

The Gold Box edition, eh? Uhh…think about it some more.

 

[darjr]

There were two different versions of the Basic and Expert boxed sets. And then there was the Holmes edition boxed set.

 

[TarionzCousin]

I have an idea for a new game: Count how many editions of D&D there have been. Person with the highest number wins. Person with the lowest numbers gets second place.

I'll start.

1. White Box
2. BCMI
3. AD&D
4. AD&D 2e
5. D&D 3e
6. D&D 3.5
7. D&D 4e
8. D&D Essentials

That's 8.

Is it cheating to add in Monte Cook's Book of Experimental Might as 3.75E? It's not a "separate game" like Pathfinder and Trailblazer.

 

[Cor_Malek]

1. ODnD
2. 3.x
3. 4e

So I get to have second place, and whoever lists the most - will be almost last

 

[JeffB]

yeah, Gold box? You mean SSI's Pool of Radiance?


Homes is definitely it's own edition AFAIC- it's got OD&D-isms, AD&D-isms, and it's got plenty of Holmes-isms as well that appeared in neither O or A (the dexterity initiative for example)