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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 4791156" data-attributes="member: 80487">The latest Traveller looks pretty back-compatible with "Classic". The old line itself encompassed variant game systems for character creation, combat (several different games), and starships. I have no reason to switch, but it looks like a solid offering of what I would expect in a Traveller set.Mongoose RuneQuest is the 4th edition. From what I have seen, there are changes to combat, experience and magic that strike me on balance as ill considered. There are some additions that seem to me like awkward injections from some other other game. It's a more significant departure than the change from 1st/2nd to (the Avalon Hill) 3rd. YMMV, of course.A new edition of Dragon Warriors has also been released via Mongoose, and seems to have been well received by fans of the original set. I think the few changes to the rules are generally seen as improvements.With D&D, differences especially between the TSR and WotC versions are sweeping. They appeal as much to different tastes as do, for instance, RuneQuest and Tunnels & Trolls. Some people may enjoy them indiscriminately, others slightly prefer one or the other, and still others find one distinctly unsatisfying.Those who find the new anything but improved naturally prefer to keep available what they have found to deliver what they want.</blockquote>