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The D&D Edition Complexity Thread- How do you order Edition Complexity?
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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7907000" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>I’ve only played 3e, 4e, and 5e, and I would say each has been less complex than the previous. The general impression I get is that 3e was less complex than 2e, <em>kind of</em>, in that it unified a lot of disparate systems, but also kind of more complex in that PCs had a lot more moving parts, and also the movement away from DM adjudication towards comprehensive rules systems. So maybe those two are similarly complex but in different ways? No idea between 1e and 2e which is more complex and it probably depends heavily on what supplementary material is being used. I generally assumed AD&D was more complex than the others because of the “advanced” part of the name, but on the other hand, I can’t even sort out how many different versions of D&D there were prior to AD&D, let alone what the differences between them were, so maybe they were more complex after all? I dunno, my D&D experience has been one of ever-decreasing complexity though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7907000, member: 6779196"] I’ve only played 3e, 4e, and 5e, and I would say each has been less complex than the previous. The general impression I get is that 3e was less complex than 2e, [I]kind of[/I], in that it unified a lot of disparate systems, but also kind of more complex in that PCs had a lot more moving parts, and also the movement away from DM adjudication towards comprehensive rules systems. So maybe those two are similarly complex but in different ways? No idea between 1e and 2e which is more complex and it probably depends heavily on what supplementary material is being used. I generally assumed AD&D was more complex than the others because of the “advanced” part of the name, but on the other hand, I can’t even sort out how many different versions of D&D there were prior to AD&D, let alone what the differences between them were, so maybe they were more complex after all? I dunno, my D&D experience has been one of ever-decreasing complexity though. [/QUOTE]
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