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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7788916" data-attributes="member: 12731">No, the old practice of just reissuing the same edition just spruced up with a new cover image and maybe a few rearranged chapters was a bad thing, and nobody likes it.So, yes, I'm sure detailed converting guides could be made to support, say, moving from Call of Cthulhu 4.2 to Call of Cthulhu 4.3.But that is simply not relevant in today's world. Today, if you want an old game, you simply download the PDF.And it definitely did not start with D&amp;D Third Edition (meaning that the implication it deliberately broke compatibility to AD&amp;D to start some nebulous industry trend is false - it just did what any sensible game designer does nowadays, change things around sufficiently to warrant a new purchase, if not honest-to-gawd actual improvement)Moving from any edition of Warhammer FRP, for instance, (there are four), definitely merits scrapping the hope of a detailed conversion guide and instead basking in the wisdom that is the approach I set out! [emoji3]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7788916, member: 12731"] No, the old practice of just reissuing the same edition just spruced up with a new cover image and maybe a few rearranged chapters was a bad thing, and nobody likes it. So, yes, I'm sure detailed converting guides could be made to support, say, moving from Call of Cthulhu 4.2 to Call of Cthulhu 4.3. But that is simply not relevant in today's world. Today, if you want an old game, you simply download the PDF. And it definitely did not start with D&D Third Edition (meaning that the implication it deliberately broke compatibility to AD&D to start some nebulous industry trend is false - it just did what any sensible game designer does nowadays, change things around sufficiently to warrant a new purchase, if not honest-to-gawd actual improvement) Moving from any edition of Warhammer FRP, for instance, (there are four), definitely merits scrapping the hope of a detailed conversion guide and instead basking in the wisdom that is the approach I set out! [emoji3] [/QUOTE]

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