Possibly dumb poll: Playing vs. Running D&D Editions
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StreamOfTheSky
Adventurer
I picked play/run 2E or 3E, though I'm very rusty on 2E by now. The older ones might have been chosen if I knew much at all about them.
Not surprised to see 3E's numbers much better for playing as opposed to running. It certainly is a gruelling, demanding system to keep track of and plan encounters and classed NPCs for. That said, well worth the hassle for me.
Not surprised to see 3E's numbers much better for playing as opposed to running. It certainly is a gruelling, demanding system to keep track of and plan encounters and classed NPCs for. That said, well worth the hassle for me.
Voadam
Legend
I'd play in anything. OD&D and 4e would require someone to help me with the rules and stuff but if so I'd play. I played for years in shadowrun without owning any of the books or keeping track of most of the adjudication rules (even combat).
I'd run the systems I've got, so no OD&D or 4e for me.
I'd run the systems I've got, so no OD&D or 4e for me.
Invisible Stalker
First Post
I will play all except 2E and DM all except 2E and 3E
Serendipity
Explorer
I'll play anything - to run a game I have to have some kind of draw to the ruleset, something that just makes me want to poke through the books and mine them for ideas. So I opted to run anything but 2e. Which I did for many years, but unlike 1e (which, IMHO was 2e achieved by houserule) it just doesn't pull me in like the rest of them.
Mind, right now I'm running my 3.x homebrew/modded out the wazoo game (which started out as a 1e game thank you very much) and playing in a 3.5 Eberron game.
Mind, right now I'm running my 3.x homebrew/modded out the wazoo game (which started out as a 1e game thank you very much) and playing in a 3.5 Eberron game.
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Starbuck_II
Explorer
I'd play any Edition of 2nd, 3rd, or 4th, but I have no DM that runs anything anymore. He got burnt out over 3rd. Too much work he said.
He wasn't sure about 4th. So he hasn't done that yet.
I've DMed both 3rd and 4th before but 3rd gets to be a lot of work at higher levels. So I'm only running a 4th edition game (when I have days off school like holidays).
He wasn't sure about 4th. So he hasn't done that yet.
I've DMed both 3rd and 4th before but 3rd gets to be a lot of work at higher levels. So I'm only running a 4th edition game (when I have days off school like holidays).
SenseiMike
First Post
I'll play and run in any D&D game other than 4E.
As a writer, I'm pretty bummed by 4E. I object to any game that dares tell me, the DM, not to place an encounter near a cliff that's too high for low level characters in the event they should fall off, or to not put a instantly deadly trap in my dungeons. I won't even write any material for 4E. I prefer challenge in my games, and a bit more escapism than what 4E provides. Plus, what they did to Paladins and Wizards was completely unacceptable. Just not for me. (BTW, for you 4E devotees out there, yes, I've played AND ran a 4E game: Keep on the Shadowfell. So don't tell me that I didn't play this game and don't get it. I do get it; it's just a terrible RPG.)
I prefer to run and play 3.x mainly for the sheer amount of options available for both a DM and a Player that are available, though I will run a 2E or 1E game.
As a writer, I'm pretty bummed by 4E. I object to any game that dares tell me, the DM, not to place an encounter near a cliff that's too high for low level characters in the event they should fall off, or to not put a instantly deadly trap in my dungeons. I won't even write any material for 4E. I prefer challenge in my games, and a bit more escapism than what 4E provides. Plus, what they did to Paladins and Wizards was completely unacceptable. Just not for me. (BTW, for you 4E devotees out there, yes, I've played AND ran a 4E game: Keep on the Shadowfell. So don't tell me that I didn't play this game and don't get it. I do get it; it's just a terrible RPG.)
I prefer to run and play 3.x mainly for the sheer amount of options available for both a DM and a Player that are available, though I will run a 2E or 1E game.
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mhacdebhandia
Explorer
I voted that I would both play in and run a Fourth Edition game.
I also voted that I would play in a 3e/3.5e game, but that's not strictly true. I would be much more leery of playing in a Third Edition Dungeons & Dragons game (from the point of view that I'd much rather play Fourth Edition) than I would be of playing in a Third-Edition era OGL game, like Arcana Evolved, Iron Heroes, or True 20.
Edit: Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition also falls into that latter category. In fact, I bought the core rulebook and the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide just recently, well after Fourth Edition D&D came out. For me, Third Edition-like games aren't dead; it's just that I would much prefer to play Fourth Edition if I'm going to play D&D proper.
I also voted that I would play in a 3e/3.5e game, but that's not strictly true. I would be much more leery of playing in a Third Edition Dungeons & Dragons game (from the point of view that I'd much rather play Fourth Edition) than I would be of playing in a Third-Edition era OGL game, like Arcana Evolved, Iron Heroes, or True 20.
Edit: Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition also falls into that latter category. In fact, I bought the core rulebook and the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide just recently, well after Fourth Edition D&D came out. For me, Third Edition-like games aren't dead; it's just that I would much prefer to play Fourth Edition if I'm going to play D&D proper.
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