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<blockquote data-quote="rogueattorney" data-source="post: 4847992" data-attributes="member: 17551">This might be overstating things a little bit.&nbsp; It certainly has it's own unique quirks, and is neither fish nor fowl as to which edition it is.&nbsp; However, it's perfectly usable with pretty much any D&amp;D product as is closer to the later Basic line of products than OD&amp;D and AD&amp;D were.&nbsp; Like I mentioned before, the Cook Expert rules had about 3/4 of a page of notes on using it with the Holmes rules.&nbsp; Not really that big a deal.&nbsp; Certainly nothing like trying to use 4e product for 3e.My favorite is the 1981 rules.&nbsp; They're well-written and concise.&nbsp; It can be run perfectly well as written.&nbsp; It also supports house-ruling all to hell.&nbsp; I also like that it's sort of the mid-point in the rules development, making it even easier to use stuff from from either earlier or later in D&amp;D's developement.&nbsp; I have used in the past the Mystic from the RC, the paladin from the Greyhawk Supp, the Illusionist from The Strategic Review, spells and monsters from all over the place, a couple 1e concepts in combat, and a couple alternate demi-human classes of my own devise.&nbsp; But right now, I'm playing pretty close to straight out of the book for my informal, &quot;sit yer butt down and play&quot; games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rogueattorney, post: 4847992, member: 17551"] This might be overstating things a little bit. It certainly has it's own unique quirks, and is neither fish nor fowl as to which edition it is. However, it's perfectly usable with pretty much any D&D product as is closer to the later Basic line of products than OD&D and AD&D were. Like I mentioned before, the Cook Expert rules had about 3/4 of a page of notes on using it with the Holmes rules. Not really that big a deal. Certainly nothing like trying to use 4e product for 3e. My favorite is the 1981 rules. They're well-written and concise. It can be run perfectly well as written. It also supports house-ruling all to hell. I also like that it's sort of the mid-point in the rules development, making it even easier to use stuff from from either earlier or later in D&D's developement. I have used in the past the Mystic from the RC, the paladin from the Greyhawk Supp, the Illusionist from The Strategic Review, spells and monsters from all over the place, a couple 1e concepts in combat, and a couple alternate demi-human classes of my own devise. But right now, I'm playing pretty close to straight out of the book for my informal, "sit yer butt down and play" games. [/QUOTE]

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