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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 9625993" data-attributes="member: 907">I figured &quot;What, can't have been that long ago?&quot;, and looked it up. You have the wrong transition. The 1e books were released in 2012, at about the same time they stopped publishing 4e stuff and started public work on 5e. So 13 years ago, not 17. Still a bit longer than I thought, but not that bad. I believe the 2e books came somewhat later.And of course, that timing made perfect sense. You really, really, really don't want multiple different books in stores that say &quot;Dungeons &amp; Dragons Player's Handbook&quot; on them, even if some say &quot;Advanced&quot; first. But doing a nostalgia rerelease to fill the gap before the new edition, without having to spend any significant resources other than designing a new cover? That's perfect.I think very few people would argue either that TSR-era D&amp;D was perfect or that it was absolutely useless. The problem is that people can't agree on what elements were good and what were bad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 9625993, member: 907"] I figured "What, can't have been [B]that[/B] long ago?", and looked it up. You have the wrong transition. The 1e books were released in 2012, at about the same time they stopped publishing 4e stuff and started public work on 5e. So 13 years ago, not 17. Still a bit longer than I thought, but not [B]that[/B] bad. I believe the 2e books came somewhat later. And of course, that timing made perfect sense. You really, really, [B]really[/B] don't want multiple different books in stores that say "Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook" on them, even if some say "Advanced" first. But doing a nostalgia rerelease to fill the gap before the new edition, without having to spend any significant resources other than designing a new cover? That's perfect. I think very few people would argue either that TSR-era D&D was perfect or that it was absolutely useless. The problem is that people can't agree on what elements were good and what were bad. [/QUOTE]

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