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<blockquote data-quote="Garnfellow" data-source="post: 3760136" data-attributes="member: 1223">I'm not sure if you're really writing to me here or to someone else in this thread, but in my mind a statement like &quot;1e [game play] is all over the map&quot; easily includes the experience of all those people who, in fact, try diligently to play the game as written. But here's the trick: I've never seen any two people who ever completely agreed on just what &quot;as written&quot; means with regards to AD&amp;D. Now, I've seen tons of smug folks who sincerely believe that they have correctly interpreted the sacred texts, but I don't think I've ever seen two of these folks arrive at exactly the same interpretation of the rules. Some think training is an essential rule, some an optional one; others think psionics is core while others view it as abomination.Just a quick trip over to Dragonsfoot reveals that there was (and is) still a tremendously wide variety of interpretation of the rules and examples of game play. (And I think that's a great thing.) I see a great diversity of experience over there, but certainly not a unified consensus on what is the correct way to play 1e.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Garnfellow, post: 3760136, member: 1223"] I'm not sure if you're really writing to me here or to someone else in this thread, but in my mind a statement like "1e [game play] is all over the map" easily includes the experience of all those people who, in fact, try diligently to play the game as written. But here's the trick: I've never seen any two people who ever completely agreed on just what "as written" means with regards to AD&D. Now, I've seen tons of smug folks who sincerely believe that they have correctly interpreted the sacred texts, but I don't think I've ever seen two of these folks arrive at exactly the same interpretation of the rules. Some think training is an essential rule, some an optional one; others think psionics is core while others view it as abomination. Just a quick trip over to Dragonsfoot reveals that there was (and is) still a tremendously wide variety of interpretation of the rules and examples of game play. (And I think that's a great thing.) I see a great diversity of experience over there, but certainly not a unified consensus on what is the correct way to play 1e. [/QUOTE]

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