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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9201082" data-attributes="member: 6779310">Did you miss the first two years of D&amp;D 3.0 where a large portion of discussion of 3E was people bitching about its incompatibility?THat was still early enough that the few WWIV boards left in Anchorage were filled with some hate in both directions. And the internet boards were also a mix of ire and adoration for one or the other. I think part of the blind spot there was that 3.5 had been a number of minor tweaks... but 2 to 3 and 3.x to 4 were larger jumps. 5 has bits of both 3.x and 4 in it. I think 5E is the best D&amp;D yet, until one adds Tashas Cauldron or later.But when I run D&amp;D, my preference is for D&amp;D Rules Cyclopedia (BX/BECMI/Cyclo are 3 minor variants of the same core)...And, on that score, I also treat much D&amp;D as a boardgame of dungeon penetration, with an unlimited range of action attempts subject only to GM and table acceptance. That is, to say, Fantasy Kriegspiel, not improv radio-play with dice. story arising from mechanics I think D&amp;D 4E was a better game but worse as D&amp;D, simply because the core tropes were so different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 9201082, member: 6779310"] Did you miss the first two years of D&D 3.0 where a large portion of discussion of 3E was people bitching about its incompatibility? THat was still early enough that the few WWIV boards left in Anchorage were filled with some hate in both directions. And the internet boards were also a mix of ire and adoration for one or the other. I think part of the blind spot there was that 3.5 had been a number of minor tweaks... but 2 to 3 and 3.x to 4 were larger jumps. 5 has bits of both 3.x and 4 in it. I think 5E is the best D&D yet, until one adds Tashas Cauldron or later. But when I run D&D, my preference is for D&D Rules Cyclopedia (BX/BECMI/Cyclo are 3 minor variants of the same core)... And, on that score, I also treat much D&D as a boardgame of dungeon penetration, with an unlimited range of action attempts subject only to GM and table acceptance. That is, to say, Fantasy Kriegspiel, not improv radio-play with dice. story arising from mechanics I think D&D 4E was a better game but worse as D&D, simply because the core tropes were so different. [/QUOTE]

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