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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shadow" data-source="post: 8937697" data-attributes="member: 16760">While I agree that it generally isn't helpful to call something "bad" without further detail - bad at what? - I also don't see it as a criticism of those who enjoy it. If we couldn't enjoy things that have flaws, it would be an impoverished world! I think AD&D is in many respects badly designed - it has many fiddly rules that don't add anything to the experience of play. (Of course, it has the excuse of being very early in the development of RPGs.) There are systems today that address the experience AD&D is going for in a more satisfying way. I also had many hours of fun with AD&D. I don't think that makes me a bad person! Yes, I like a thing - am even nostalgic for a thing - that I now consider quite flawed. I can hear it criticized without transferring that criticism to myself. Have you ever done any solo gaming, pemerton? I'm not at all sure there's no pretending going on. Though I will certainly grant that there's no shared fiction, by definition. Solo gaming feels like gaming to me. It isn't as robust an experience as gaming with other people, to be sure!Do solitaire card games count as card games?</blockquote>