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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad4life" data-source="post: 2988411" data-attributes="member: 28645">Although I agree that “old school” may be a difficult term to pin down, I think it is a far cry from &quot;meaningless.&quot;&nbsp; Perhaps &quot;old school&quot; and &quot;new school&quot; are best thought of as collections of abstract tendencies, rather than anything concrete.For example, if a GM were to say that he was going to run an “old school” adventure, I have a general idea of what he means; more emphasis on exploration and combat.&nbsp; Less emphasis on game balance and plot cohesion.&nbsp; Events and encounters in an “old school” dungeon might be close in proximity and yet completely unrelated.&nbsp; However, I would expect that events and encounters in a “new school” model dungeon might be interconnected somehow.&nbsp; Neither style is “better.”&nbsp; Just different.So like I was saying, even though I can’t provide reasonable definitions of “old school” or “new school” the terms do have meaning to me.&nbsp; Like “good” and “evil” they are relative terms- perhaps having no meaning by themselves, but holding value in contrast to something else.&nbsp; (EDIT: perhaps the terms &quot;modern&quot; and &quot;post-modern&quot; would make a better comparison?)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nomad4life, post: 2988411, member: 28645"] Although I agree that “old school” may be a difficult term to pin down, I think it is a far cry from "meaningless." Perhaps "old school" and "new school" are best thought of as collections of abstract tendencies, rather than anything concrete. For example, if a GM were to say that he was going to run an “old school” adventure, I have a general idea of what he means; more emphasis on exploration and combat. Less emphasis on game balance and plot cohesion. Events and encounters in an “old school” dungeon might be close in proximity and yet completely unrelated. However, I would expect that events and encounters in a “new school” model dungeon might be interconnected somehow. Neither style is “better.” Just different. So like I was saying, even though I can’t provide reasonable definitions of “old school” or “new school” the terms do have meaning to me. Like “good” and “evil” they are relative terms- perhaps having no meaning by themselves, but holding value in contrast to something else. (EDIT: perhaps the terms "modern" and "post-modern" would make a better comparison?) [/QUOTE]

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