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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Kuntz" data-source="post: 8367095" data-attributes="member: 7015759">The OSR is but a simple codification of an unstated and still ill-defined philosophy which is more intuitive and far ranging in application than can be put to paper.&nbsp; This is what we discovered during the play-tests, even though there could have been some samples put in OD&amp;D that illustrated such ranges of use rather than stating, &quot;Why have us do all of your imagining for you?&quot;&nbsp; OD&amp;D was a base that was to be expanded upon in different ways and degrees by each individual user, and was never meant to reach an accord which one might call a standardized or consensus view.Whereas it is true, theoretically, that one can change what they do not like or add what they like to the rules/game/play, that is not the majority view as expressed through the play of formatted adventures that predominate play sessions, it is the minority view.&nbsp; In reality, market to table, most D&amp;D players of standardized rules since 3E (especially with 3E) know that one would break the system if you tinkered with it too much.I played one session (as an elf) in D1 but had to bow out due to deadlines on a project.&nbsp; The playtest took place at the old Dungeon Hobby Shop and I am not sure how far they got as a team.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rob Kuntz, post: 8367095, member: 7015759"] The OSR is but a simple codification of an unstated and still ill-defined philosophy which is more intuitive and far ranging in application than can be put to paper. This is what we discovered during the play-tests, even though there could have been some samples put in OD&D that illustrated such ranges of use rather than stating, "Why have us do all of your imagining for you?" OD&D was a base that was to be expanded upon in different ways and degrees by each individual user, and was never meant to reach an accord which one might call a standardized or consensus view. Whereas it is true, theoretically, that one can change what they do not like or add what they like to the rules/game/play, that is not the majority view as expressed through the play of formatted adventures that predominate play sessions, it is the minority view. In reality, market to table, most D&D players of standardized rules since 3E (especially with 3E) know that one would break the system if you tinkered with it too much. I played one session (as an elf) in D1 but had to bow out due to deadlines on a project. The playtest took place at the old Dungeon Hobby Shop and I am not sure how far they got as a team. [/QUOTE]

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